TIME LINES: HOW YOU MENTALLY CODE TIME
DISCOVER YOUR TIME LINE EXERCISE
GENERALLY THERE ARE TWO MAIN TYPES OF TIME LINES.
ONE IS WHERE TIME IS SPREAD OUT, WITH THE FUTURE IN FRONT OF YOU, AND THE PAST BEHIND YOU AND THE PRESENT INSIDE OF YOU.
THIS IS REFERRED TO AS "IN TIME".
THE OTHER IS WEN THE PAST IS ON YOUR LEFT, THE PRESENT IS STRAIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU, AND THE FUTURE IS TO YOUR RIGHT.
THIS IS KNOWN AS "THROUGH TIME".
THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN LOCATING YOUR TIME LINE IN THESE TWO WAYS ARE THAT THERE IS USUALLY A DIFFERENCE ABOUT HOW YOU APPROACH TIME.
FOR EXAMPLE, PEOPLE WHO CODE TIME "IN TIME" GENERALLY DON'T REMEMBER THE PAST VERY MUCH OR VERY OFTEN - THEY PUT THE PAST "BEHIND THEM."
PEOPLE WHO TEND TO CODE TIME "THROUGH TIME" ON THE OTHER HAND, CAN USUALLY REMEMBER INCIDENTS EASILY AND TEND TO BE PRETTY PUNCTUAL.
1. THINK OF A TIME WHEN YOU BRUSHED YOUR TEETH FIVE YEARS AGO AND POINT TO WHERE YOU REPRESENT IT.
2. THINK OF A TIME WHEN YOU BRUSHED YOU TEETH ONE YEAR AGO AND POINT TO WHERE YOU REPRESENT IT.
3. THINK OF THE PRESENT MOMENT OF BRUSHING YOUR TEETH RIGHT NOW AND POINT TO WHERE YOU REPRESENT IT.
4. THINK OF A TIME WHEN YOU WILL BRUSH YOUR TEETH ONE YEAR IN THE FUTURE AND POINT TO WHERE YOU REPRESENT IT.
5. THINK OF A TIME WHEN YOU WILL BRUSH YOUR TEETH FIVE YEARS IN THE FUTURE AND POINT TO WHERE YOU REPRESENT IT.
6. DRAW AN IMAGINARY LINE FROM FIVE YEARS AGO THROUGH ONE HEAR AGO, THE PRESENT, ONE YEAR IN THE FUTURE TO FIVE YEARS IN THE FUTURE. THIS IS YOUR TIME LINE.
7. EXTEND THE TIME LINE FURTHER INTO THE FUTURE AND PAST.
THE KEY IS IN LEARNING HOW YOU CAN BEING TO CHANGE TH WAY YOU THINK AND FEEL ABOUT YOUR PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE.
BECOMING AWARE, AS YOU ARE NOW, ABOUT HOW YOU REPRESENT TIME MAKES IT EASIER FOR YOU TO CHANGE HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT IT.
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