Money can't buy happiness, or so we've been told. Maybe money can't buy us happiness directly, but consider this...

A major study in 2017 showed that overall happiness and life satisfaction were greater among those who bought timesaving products and services than those who spent money on material goods. In other words, money CAN indeed lead to happiness. This is good news for those of us who are juggling our career, parenting and/or taking care of senior parents, housekeeping, volunteering, and wearing all the other hats in our lives.

How do we buy time? One way could be to hire a cleaning service, whether it's once a week, once a month, or seasonally. Or if, for instance, your walls are in need of a paint job, you could hire an expert, especially if painting walls isn't one of your strong suits. Professional painters and experienced housecleaners know the best products, tools, and shortcuts to do their jobs efficiently and can accomplish what would likely take you much longer. This can mean less stress for you as well as a happier result.

What about buying time to take care of ourselves? You know how airlines are always telling us to put on our own oxygen masks before attempting to put them on our children? They encourage this because if you run out of oxygen, you can't help anyone else with their oxygen mask. It's very important for us to tend to our own self-care, which in turn, helps us do a better job of taking care of other people or tasks. You might buy time for self-care by signing up for a once-a-week yoga session, a monthly massage, or a night class in a subject that interests you.

If you're a techie, one of the latest productivity apps might be just the thing to let you buy time without spending a bundle of money. There are apps for reading nonfiction books to further your career, apps for managing all your social media, apps that act like a 'virtual assistant,' and apps to help you focus and concentrate.

In addition to buying time, you can also 'barter' time, like buddying up with a family member of friend. She or he can take on the chore you dread the most, whether it's doing the laundry, mowing the lawn, weeding the garden or washing floors. You can then reciprocate by doing your friend's most dreaded task. It's a win for both of you, and the 'swap' allows you to spend your time happily, instead of dreading it.

Consider where you might benefit from buying time and/or where you might be able to forego some of your less important material purchases in favor of spending that money on time. If it doesn't break the bank and makes life happier for you and your family, then buying time is a very wise thing to do.

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* I would love to do (you fill in the blank), but there's just not enough time

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* There's just not enough hours in the day to get everything done, etc. etc. etc.

Do you wonder why you're always struggling with your endless to do list, limited time for yourself and others, and not even enough hours to get a meal on the table or a good night's sleep?

If your lack of time frustrates you, you can bet that it's frustrating those around you too. A lack of time is one of the biggest contributors to the stress and chaos in so many of our lives.

Do you ever envy 'lucky' people who seem to have all the time in the world to do everything they want and never seem frazzled or frustrated? Why is time such a frustration for many...and not a problem for others?

The answer is--those who have mastered time know certain time SECRETS that others don't.

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1) Consolidate like-items. One big reason for clutter is that things purchased regularly (toothpaste, shampoo, canned goods, postage stamps, boxes of tissues, etc.) are being put back in their 'general homes,' but not in a mindful way with other like-items. For instance, you buy canned corn. You put canned corn in the pantry, but without putting it with 'other canned corn.' Perhaps it gets placed in the pantry haphazardly in another area. Now you have two cans of canned corn in their 'general home' (the pantry), but not together. When you do this, it's very easy to look over the fact that you have two cans of canned corn, so when you go grocery shopping, you purchase corn AGAIN. Now imagine doing this with tons of other items in your home. Result: Overload! Consolidate like-items so you can easily see what you have, and use up what you have before you buy more which only causes more clutter and higher grocery bills.

2) Organize Your Donations. Have one specific container and area in your home where all items to be donated are placed. In my house, I have a box in the utility room that is clearly marked, DONATE. Everyone in my family knows where it is, and they place anything they no longer need/want in this box. When the box is full, we either bring it to our local donation center or put it at curbside for a donation pick-up.

3) Organize gift wrap and gift wrapping accessories. I have a 2-drawer, wooden cabinet where I organize and store gift wrap and accessories. The top drawer holds gift bags and gift wrap, the bottom draw holds tissue paper, bows, ribbon, and gift tags. When it's time for anyone in my family to wrap another person's birthday, anniversary or other-occasion gift, they know exactly where all the supplies are. By the way, I keep Christmas gift wrap and accessories in a nearby, but separate storage cabinet. Reason-being that holiday gift wrap is only used during the holiday season and I don't want it cluttering up the 2-drawer cabinet that I use regularly the other 11 months of the year.

'The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have.'

--Henry James




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