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Time Can Be On Our Side

Samantha Stein
4 min readAug 1, 2024

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Time is a precious resource. Sometimes it’s taken for granted, but often we feel there’s never enough of it. We often rush through our days, constantly trying to get more done in less time, leading to stress, anxiety, and burnout. Other times we get lost in activities like scrolling on our phone or playing computer games, leaving us feeling like we’ve wasted hours or the day on things that aren’t important to us. Still other times we devote ourselves to activities such as our job and later regret we didn’t spend more time on other things that matter, like friends and family. Often, we feel the scarcity of time–either in the present or upon looking back–and we feel a lack of control about it.

But the truth is we have more control than we think and the issue is not the amount of time we have, but more our relationship with that time. Most of us have an adversarial relationship with time, feeling there’s never enough or we can’t catch up. But we are all capable of shifting the way we think and feel about time and the way we manage it.

Having a healthy relationship with time means: understanding how we spend our time, setting boundaries, and learning to relax and enjoy the present moment. There are concrete things we can practice in order to have a more healthy relationship with time:

  • Be aware of how you spend your time.
    The first step to having a healthy…

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Samantha Stein
Samantha Stein

Written by Samantha Stein

I’m a writer, photographer, and psychologist who (monthly) explores self, relationships, and mental health in an ever-changing world.

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