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It’s Time . . .

Phyllis Harmon, DTM, PDG - Publisher/Editor

Let’s talk about time. We know there is never enough of it. It is uncontrollable.
It slips through our fingers. It marches on no matter our attempts to manage

it. Sound about right?
But that’s not exactly true in the current circumstances, is it? Some of us have
more time on our hands than we are used to or want. Perhaps that’s the silver lining
to the pandemic. We don’t have to rush off to work, social events, or Toastmasters

meetings. We simply open a Zoom meeting, and there we are. It has given us a period
of downtime, an opportunity to catch our breath. I don’t know about you, but not
focusing on the passage of time—every minute of every day—has allowed the creative
side of my brain to get some exercise. And if you are a creative, it gives your logical

side an opportunity to manifest itself. Also, I’ve been able to shed useless verbiage
from my vocabulary— “I don’t have time; there is no time for that; and, I’ve run out
of time” no longer have any meaning!
Here are some thoughts for you. While your world is at a standstill or slowed to a

crawl, take time to reassess what and who you truly want to be. Get out of your own EDITORIAL
way and let your thoughts roam free until you land on that one thing, that perfect
thing, you were called to do in the world. And when you find it, let it flourish and
grow in your thoughts until it triggers you to action. Make a list of action items. Start

working on them. Do the research and take any free (or paid) classes available on
the web. Open your Pathways projects and work on them based on who you want to
become. It’s time fellow Toastmasters to be proactive instead of reactive. It’s time to
become the people we were meant to be. It’s time to take control of time.

Volume 7 Issue 7 January 2021 Monthly Columnists 2020-21 Officers Administrative Manager
Publisher B. Lee Coyne, ATMS District Director Phyllis Harmon, DTM
Phyllis Harmon, DTM Eldred Brown, DTM PJ Kleffner, DTM
Emilie Taylor, DTM Public Relations Manager
Associate Publisher Harvey Schowe, DTM Program Quality Director Neal Iversen
Chris Angelopoulos Leanna Lindquist, DTM Eldred Brown, DTM
Senior Editor Lorri Andersen, DTM Club Growth Director Voices! is published monthly by District 7
Phyllis Harmon, DTM Paul Fanning, DTM Lorrie Andersen, DTM Toastmasters. First issue published August
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