What is White Space Time?

​Day 400 of Des McCabe's Personal Development Exercises

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WHITE SPACE 
 
When I feel the automatic urge
to pick up my phone, switch on
the TV, or browse the net,
I now pause.
 
For I realise that these are
habits I’ve learned.
I fill my brain and use up my time,
with activities.
 
It’s all other people’s content,
and although some is good,
to be honest, most is not really
the food of life!
 
I 'm trying not to give away
my time and my focus to external
content. I'm learning to be
more selective in my choices.
 
My freelance graphic designer
has spent years telling me
about white space, and urging
me to see things differently.
 
‘You don’t need to fill
every piece of the page
with text, images are content,’
she says.
 
I’m now leaving empty spaces
in my day, replacing the urge
to fill every moment.
It’s my white space time.

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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE
1.   When is your White Space time today?
2.  How much are you filling up on  other people's content? 

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