Respecting Time: Tackling Tardiness with Compassion

Radio Headspace

Headspace Studios

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Sam shares her personal struggles with being late, how to navigate tough conversations about tardiness, and the importance of valuing everyone’s time while fostering empathy and understanding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:45.3	morning.
0:46.3	So the other day I listened to one of the most memorable talks I've ever heard
0:52.3	by one of my favorite Buddhist teachers,
0:54.8	Gil Franzdal. It was a talk he gave in 1994, and the theme was our relationship to time.
1:03.0	He started naming all the ways we talk about time, how we say we're running out of time,
1:08.1	or losing time, killing time, and keeping track of time.
1:12.7	And this got me reflecting on my own relationship to time.
1:16.8	Throughout my life, I've been what people adorably refer to as a time optimist.
1:22.3	I always think I have more time to get somewhere, finish a conversation, or even finish
1:27.1	writing a podcast episode than I really do.
1:31.5	And as you might imagine, I've had a chronic lateness problem throughout my life.
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