There’s a small hack Lauren and I use with Baby Grundy which has made life easier when we’re on the move or tootling around town.

It all has to do with the dummy (aka pacifier for my readers across the pond) we sometimes pop in Baby Grundy’s mouth.

There are times when we’re pounding the mean streets of North East London, driving in the Grundy-mobile or sitting on a flight when for some unknown reason, Baby Grundy decides that the dummy is absolutely NOT what is called for. And before we know it, she’s filled her cheeks with oxygen and launched the dummy into the air with such force that it could easily take out a low flying pigeon.

Cue me or Lauren scrabbling around trying to find said dummy. And most of the time this is easier said than done, especially if the dummy has fallen through a gap between the seats.

So what is this hack that I speak of?

We attach a chunky plastic chain to the dummy. 

This means when Baby Grundy catapults her dummy into orbit, it doesn’t go as far. Plus the surface area of the dummy/chain combo takes up more space so it doesn’t go missing like it used to.

A clever little bodge, I’m sure you’ll agree.

But what does this have to do with finding time to do the things you want to do?

Everything!

I remember American supercoach Michael Neill saying on a recent mastermind call that there are only two ways to let your projects die.

Those two ways?

One is lack of attention. The other is suffocation.

Well, increasing the surface area (“ITSA”) is the antidote. It’s a way to take out both these unwelcome birds with one well-aimed stone. That’s because when you increase the surface area of whatever you’d like to complete or create, those things turn into living, breathing and very visible entities. So they don’t disappear through the cracks any more.

Of course, increasing the surface area is a metaphor. 

It’s not a “do this, then do that” kind of tip.

I know that might disappoint anyone looking for a ten step process. There’s no vision boards to dust off here, no post-it notes to stick above your monitor or to-do lists to crunch your way through. 

Just a different way of thinking about things which might prompt some new ideas. 

So if you like it, feel free to use it. 

If you don't, don't.

Before I wrap up:

If you’ve got long-standing dreams, goals or ambitions that have been knocking around for months or years but always end up at the bottom of your list, I can help you find the time, space and energy to turn those into a reality.

Here’s where to go next if so:

https://waitinglist.followingfulfilment.com

To fulfilment,

Tom