Precious Resources
Posted on November 16, 2022 by Chaz Darling, One of Thousands of Life Coaches on Noomii.
Money and time get most of the credit in our lives, but there are others to consider and they might be just as important.
If I were to ask you: what are the resources you withdrawal from personally, on a daily basis, what would you say?
For many, the first resource that comes to mind is “money,” and for good reason! This is what we trade in the world for things we need or want. Generally speaking the more the better.
Another subset might say “time” and that is also a great choice. It really is a precious resource and very limited when you think about it.
Both time and money are easy to quantify. You can check your bank account for your balance and you can tell me the time by looking at your watch. But what about personal resources that are more difficult to put a number to? For example, energy, attention, health, etc.
I would argue that we need to elevate these difficult-to-count resources to the same level of importance as time and money because all of them, together, have a massive influence on how we interact in the world. The good news is we aren’t required to assign numbers to these categories to find meaningful insights!
Let’s start with a generic examples that totally isn’t based on someone I know. Say you’re a physician who is married with two wonderful kids but wants to find a fulfilling hobby on the side. Lets do a qualitative resource audit:
Money —> Rich! You’re a doctor! Loans aside, your cashflow is probably good. We’re off to a great start.
Time —> Poor. You’re a doctor so you’re in clinic most of the time during the week, sometimes getting there early or staying late after hours to catch up and when you get home you move into your second job of being a parent. You could wake up earlier but you’re so exhausted each day that you fight tooth and nail for every extra minute of shut eye.
Energy —> Poor, especially when it matters. You may find the strength daily to crush it at work but by the time you get home and get through all the nightly routines etc you barely any energy to give to your loved ones or do the things you want to do, and that could be a problem.
Attention —> Poor. Moving from patient to patient, constantly getting interrupted by medical assistants or students asking you questions, you feel like you have the attention span of a humming bird and you’re frazzled at the end of the day.
I think you get the picture. In order for us to make meaningful changes in our lives we have to take inventory of things that are easy AND difficult to quantify because it can tell us not just where the areas are for improvement are but HOW we might be able to improve them.
If you or someone you know might benefit from this line of thinking, I’d be happy to help, just drop me a message!
