I recently bought a nifty hourglass with 15 minutes of sand in it. We all have a stopwatch on our phones, but I was interested in physically observing what 15 minutes looks like.
What inspired the idea was something we heard Jane Hirshfield say last week, “a definition of time is… where change happens.”
Which made me consider what kind of change can occur in 15 minutes.
I can attempt to do absolutely nothing, for example, paying attention to my breath, and observing what change occurs inside myself.
I could commit 15 minutes of sand to a writing project I’ve been wanting to start; or three emails I’ve been wanting to write for a few weeks.
If you set aside 15 minutes of sand what change might it frame in your life?
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