Confined to Time...

Lately I have found myself in a constant battle with time. I should add, a losing battle with time! I find myself obsessed with time from the moment I wake up to the moment I go to sleep. My day goes something like this...
 
I wake up to an alarm at 4:30am and immediately turn it off. Big expectations but obviously I'm still falling a bit short. I then check my phone at around 4:40. Then 4:45. Then 4:50. Then 4:57. Then at around 5:05 I jump up from my bed and hop in the shower. Once out of the shower, I go right back to my phone to see how much time I have left. I finish getting ready, head into the kitchen where I check the time on the stove this time and make my breakfast and lunch. On the way to work I check the time. I clock in taking note of my time. I wait for my breaks counting down the time. Then wait for my lunch. That is usually when time goes the fastest. I think you get the picture! And I'm betting my obsession with time isn't too different from yours!
 
Why are we so confined to time? There is never enough and it always moves too fast. Well I have decided to put my foot down and take my life back from the constraints of time! How exactly? Well.... I’m not certain! But I am going to start at the beginning of my day. If I can make it a habit to get up at the time I intend to each morning that will make me less focused on the time I don't have from the very start of the day. I am going to challenge myself not to look at the time unless I truly need to know. How do I do that when it is everywhere? Constantly reminding me that it's running out and there is nothing I can do about it? Well.... I have this theory that time is really only constraining when we feel we have done nothing with it. So, I am going to utilize my breaks to do more than browse Facebook and most importantly, I'm going to take opportunities to just sit on the carpet with my son and engage. I've noticed in the past that when I interrupt my usual tasks by playing with my son, time slows down. As if it is caught off guard by my spontaneity!
 
By using time to my advantage, I become the one who is in charge. So I very optimistically and bravely say, I will no longer be victim to the constraints of time!
 
Now.... what time is it?