And so it’s December already!  How much faster can time fly?  I’ve figured out the importance of time & how the clock continues to tick even when you want it to move in slow motion.  Whether it’s an hour, a day or a lifetime, the fact is that time is finite.  As much as I’d love “forever” to exist, I realize I don’t have forever to do the things I want & need & therefore need to make better use of my time.  I read about The Pickle Jar Theory the other day & it’s based on the idea that time, like a pickle jar, is limited.  What we fill it with, however, is up to us.

Imagine you have a big empty pickle jar.  You fill it with golf balls & when you can squeeze no more in, it’s full, right?

Not quite.  The golf balls leave gaps.  Drop in some marbles, give the jar a shake, & let the marbles drop into those gaps.

Next, take some sand.  Pour it into the even smaller spaces that are left, until the jar appears to be completely full.

Finally, finish it off with water.  Pour in water until the jar can take nothing else.

All these things play a role in everything that you decide to make time for.  Generally, the smaller & easier it is to pour in to the jar, the less it matters.

If the water, sand, & marbles fill too much of the jar, there is less room for the golf balls, which represent the bigger roles in this theory.  In other words, it’s easy to fill time with the things that don’t really matter.

What do you fill your jar with?