THE IMPORTANCE OF TIME – A Mid-Year Reflection by Pennie Hunt

Happy July!
It is time to change the calendar. We are beginning the second half of the year. Where did the last six months go?

We are halfway through the 366 days of this leap year. We have enjoyed 22 weeks. What adventures did you have? What goals did you meet and what did you accomplish? We enjoyed 26 weekends. How did you spend them? Who did you spend them with? Did you spend any days with the people you love and care about?

Let’s dig a little deeper… how often did you see the people you love? Some of you might say every day. Some of you might say you see them once a year. Is it often enough? Do you wish you could see them more often? When you do see them is it quality time?

Ponder this equation. If your parents are 80 and your hope and expectation is that they will live to be 90 and you see them once per year that means you will see your parents 10 more times. Is 10 times enough? Do you need to make an effort to see them more than 10 times? And what if you are wrong and they live to be 85… then you have 5 times left to see them.

You can use this formula for many situations. If you are invited to your grandchild’s birthday party, but the idea of toddlers and messy cake and ice cream isn’t your idea of fun… Ponder this- how long will it be before that grandchild is spending all their time with friends and doesn’t want you at a party? You may have 8 or 9 parties before that baby is a teenager. That is 8 or 9 hours of your life. Do you really want to miss a party?

Now let’s think about you. Let’s say you plan to live to be 90. So, from the day you are born, you have 4,680 weeks and weekends ahead of you. You will enjoy 1,080 months. You will celebrate 90 Christmases, Easters, and 4th of Julys. That sounds like a lot of time, right?

If you are 45 now, divide all those numbers in half. That still might sound like a lot but think about how fast the first 2,340 weekends of your life went. Were they memory-making events? Do you remember how you spent them? Who did you spend your first 45 Christmases with?

We plan many things in life. We plan our education, career paths, where we live, and when we want to retire. But do we plan how we allocate our time to those we love?  
We have changed the calendar and with every change, there is a beginning. It is a new month, a new week, a new day. In the next 183 days what will you begin? What will you change? What will you look forward to? How will you spend your time? Who will you spend your time with?

Happy July! Happy second half of the year! Make it important. Make it a memory maker with the people you love!
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                                                       Pennie’s Life Lesson:
                                       Time goes quickly. Use it intentionally. 
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