Day 10: Making space for kindness

The practice of trying to do something kind for someone every day has been an interesting experiment. The constraints of it not being part of my work or family really reveals how much of my life is focused on my life.

Honestly, there isn't a ton of time.
Get up, drop kids off, go to work, pick kids up, come home.

Wash, rinse, repeat.

I hardly have exposure to the outside world.

Sometimes I've been able to think of a friend who could use a text or email.But I don't have all that many friends. Sometimes, it's been obvious that there was an opportunity to help someone. But most of the time, it's been challenging to even put the practice at the front of my mind. The day goes at a pace that is hard to remember all the things. Even with lists. Even with phone reminders. There's just more things to do than hours of the day. And kindness gets boxed out.

So how to make space for priorities?
Those important, non-urgent, life-defining things that matter most?

I could do them first.
I could slack off at other things.
I could exhaust myself.

Kindness doesn't take necessarily time but I've found that as our world gets more convenient, going out of my way to interact with people does take time and energy and intention. Rolling up my sleeves to find more time, energy and intention to be present for important things.