Time is not a force to be managed, but a dimension to be shaped.
And sculpting Time into forms that bring out your best is not a matter of discipline in the punitive sense. It’s a discipline in the sense that it is a branch of study – the study of You, you and your relationship with Time. To skillfully shape time to your liking, you must become a Time Disciple.
Foundational Library
Step 1
How To Get Out of the Quicksand of Overwhelm: The Missing Emergency Handbook
You probably know how to respond to many types of emergencies – from earthquakes and tornados to first aid and fire prevention – but you don’t know how to respond to the emergency of overwhelm. This handbook is that missing set of instructions – the stop, drop and roll – for getting yourself out of the quicksand of overwhelm and back on solid ground.
If you feel like you are slipping under, this is the step you need to take before you can become a Time Disciple. Because you can’t improve the way you organize your time and activities or develop better systems for your work or life when you’re busy trying not to drown.
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Step 2
The Way of the Time Disciple
Otherwise known as “The Big Book of Time”, this is the comprehensive guide to everything a Time Disciple needs to know: the properties of Time, developing self-awareness, managing energy, the elements and techniques of shaping a day (and larger containers), making peace with maintenance, unplugging, navigating and responding to change, and more. [coming early Spring 2012]
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Step 3
The Time Disciple’s Guide to Finishing
Once you understand the elements of a container and how to arrange them properly, once you know how to skillfully navigate beginnings, middles and endings – you can finish anything. From big projects that are your passion to small odious tasks, from work that can actually be completed to maintenance that can only be finished for now – this guidebook shows you how to get it done. [coming late Spring 2012]
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Step 4
The Time Disciple’s Guide to Systems
The key to effective efficiency (and profitability and sanity) is to stop reinventing the wheel and making it all up as you go along. This guidebook shows you how hone your most frequently used containers and document the arrangement of their elements and stages. Once refined, they become spaces you can step into and move through with ease – spaces that deliver consistent results. [coming late Spring 2012]
Continuing and Supplemental Guides
The Time Disciple’s Companion
This the day planner that is designed around the way your brain thinks and the way Time actually works. It’s a flexible system that allows you to put what you’re learning from the Foundational Library into practice on a daily basis. [coming early Spring 2012]
Discover the Topography of Your Year: Know Your Terrain Before You Plan Your Journey
You are much more likely to meet your goals if you know something about what you will encounter during the time it will take to achieve them – and design your project plans accordingly. When your activities are in alignment with the energetic mountains and valleys, rivers and desserts of your year – it’s much easier to do what you’ve set out to do. [coming early Spring 2012]
THW is under renovation. It’s becoming an Atelier of Time!
Soon there will skylights and studios instead of gears. Soon the look of this site will better match its new words. (I'm still against overwhelm and for readiness, but I've learned there's much more to shaping and moving through Time.) In the meantime, please pardon the dust of some inconsistencies. And stay tuned for more.
Hi! I’m Cairene. Welcome!
Time can feel as comfortable as your favorite clothes and as satisfying as an exquisitely prepared meal - it's just a matter of shaping it to your liking. [ learn more ]
what people are saying about Quicksand of Overwhelm:
• loaded with smartness • just what I needed • compassionate • brilliant • so helpful • this should be required reading for every entrepreneur • thank you •
