How Time Is on Your Side

by Bridget Watson Payne

Yes, there really is enough time to do it the passion projects, the to-do list, or simply making time to do nothing—the trick is knowing how to look for it.

Packed with helpful tips, How Time Is on Your Side is a simple handbook to help reframe your relationship with time.

Through practical productivity tools and inspiring stories of people who make time for the things that matter to them, you will find that achieving your goals isn't as farfetched as it seems. Let the encouraging words of artist and author Bridget Watson Payne be your guide to reinvent your relationship with it's not the enemy; it's a friend.

• Learn how to nurture your inner creative, spiritual, emotional, and mental lives.
• Written in author Bridget Watson Payne's smart, friendly, tell-it-like-it-is prose
• Tips and tricks include utilizing your calendar to its full advantage, doing mental work in the morning and physical work in the afternoon, and putting your big goals on your to-do list.

With smart, unintimidating content, this little guide is sure to inspire anyone to make time to achieve their goals. Take a moment, a minute, or a day to reinvent your relationship with time, and discover how it can work for you.

The time you need is there. Let How Time Is on Your Side help you find it.

• A great gift for men and women of any age, creatives and aspirational creatives, busy professionals, students, young families, graduates, and self-improvement seekers
• A "dip-in, dip-out" format for busy people who want to make the most of their time
• Perfect for fans of The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp, Manage Your Day-to-Day by Jocelyn Glei, and Make How to Focus on What Matters Every Day by Jake Knapp and John Zerat

Genres: Nonfiction, Self Help

120 pages, Hardcover

Published February 4, 2020

Reviews

[Anna 🥐 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quick and encouraging read. Very much enjoyed

[Olivia Behjat · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quite an inspiring little book with some good tid-bits and acknowledgement of privilege in terms of how time is not available to everyone in the same way. However there were lots of contradictions and I struggled to see the point the author was getting at sometimes.

[Erica (The Literary Apothecary) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well-written and unique time management book.

Bridget does an excellent job speaking to the ever present myth that time is the enemy. It is not; it is our friend.

Highly recommended for readers who have enjoyed books by David Allen, Paula Rizzo, and Laura Vanderkam.

[Karen Koppy · Rating 3 out of 5]

At this point in my life this book wasn't very needed (retired and have a lot more flexibility with my time). However, I did get some inspiration about setting priorities (which does require discipline) and taking advantage of little amounts of time during the day to exercise a bit, learn something new, etc. Emphasizing things don't need to be looked at as large projects, but can be broken down into increments instead, which gave me some ideas about how to change my outlook on some of the bigger projects I'd like to do. It also relieved some feelings of guilt for doing some of the things I always wanted to do - more time spent reading, playing the piano, walking the dogs, cooking.

[Hana Moualla · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute design! This was an pleasure-to-read book while doing lots of tasks. Loved reading the stories of others (other parents). Perfect reminder that time is not our enemy. I am trying to apply some tips such as doing something for fun (creative hobby) even if it could be just 10-15 minutes daily, that even listening one podcast a day is meaningful. Cause nobody will remember us for nicely ironed mountains of laundry.

[Eunice · Rating 4 out of 5]

A sweet, small and gentle reminder of how much we do have on our hands when we transform our perspective and relationship with time. It’s a thin little gorgeous thing, and I’m glad I stumbled across it at the SF MoMA’s gift shop!

[Jess Smiley · Rating 5 out of 5]

A smartly-designed guide to empowering one’s self, simplifying and categorizing wants/needs, changing one’s mindset for a healthier, more focused, and more positive approach.

[Melissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Witty and insightful. Not a how-to guide, but more of a compilation of different examples on how people spend their time and on finding what works for you.

[Jeffrey Ning · Rating 4 out of 5]

Concise time management hacks that spur you into actions to regain time on your side. Unique presentation of time management.

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Always looking for ways to look at time and life differently. This helped, and was a quick read.

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[Ruby Scupp · Rating 1 out of 5]

“Time, it turns out, is not actually your enemy. It’s not against you. If time could want, it would probably want to be enough for you.”

[Aj O’Reilly · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a fun and light-hearted book about time management and different perspectives on life’s biggest dilemma, how we spend our precious time on earth. There are a lot of examples of people’s lives and how they manage the chaos.

The book gives some tips and tricks but ultimately it doesn’t give any solid answers. (Who really can?) It’s definitely a fun, short read and I recommend it for people who could use a few new time management skills.