Finding Hidden Time: Why You Can’t See It (Even Though It's There)

If you’ve ever joked that you would literally need a time machine to get everything done...
I want to gently offer you something:

There is more time in your day than you think.
You just can’t see it right now - and it’s not your fault.

Most busy women I work with feel like every minute of their day is already spoken for.
By work.
By family.
By errands.
By invisible responsibilities no one else notices.
By the swirl of mental tabs open in their head.

And under all of that is a quiet belief:

“If I were just more organized... or more disciplined... I’d have more time.”

Let’s take a breath together.
Because none of that is true - and you’ve carried that belief long enough.

You don’t have a time problem.
You have a mental load problem.

The Real Reason You Can’t See Hidden Time

Your brain is doing so much behind the scenes.

You’re tracking:

• groceries
• permission slips
• emails
• appointments
• social commitments
• the kid who needs new shoes
• the thing you forgot to thaw for dinner
• and the thing you don’t want to forget tomorrow

...all while trying to make space for your goals.

Your brain isn’t avoiding the things you want.
It’s protecting you from overwhelm.

And when your nervous system is overstretched, those small pockets of time - the ones that really could support you - get swallowed whole. They don’t even register as options.

Hidden time isn’t something you have.
It’s something your brain needs permission to notice.

What Hidden Time Really Is (And What It Isn’t)

Hidden time isn’t an hour magically opening in your calendar.

Hidden time is:

• the pause after you park your car
• the quiet moment before you walk inside
• the few minutes between tasks
• the space between meetings
• the stillness as the house is waking
• the tiny exhale before the next thing

But if you’ve spent years sprinting between responsibilities, your brain has trained itself to miss these moments entirely.

Not because you’re careless.
Not because you’re scattered.
But because your brain is overloaded - and overloaded brains skip right past ease.

This is why small, realistic pockets of time feel invisible.
And it’s exactly why “trying harder” has never worked.

Why This Matters More Than You Think

Once you learn to see hidden time, something shifts - not in your schedule, but in you.

Suddenly, you don’t feel:

• behind
• chaotic
• inconsistent
• “bad with time”

Instead, you begin to feel:

• grounded
• capable
• steady
• spacious

Hidden time gives you choice again.

And honestly?
You don’t need big chunks of time to move toward your goals.
You just need tiny moments of space - the kind your brain can actually work with.

That’s the heart of my tiny-steps approach:
build momentum in the life you already have, not the one you wish you had.

(If that resonates, you might love my first post on this same theme - you can read it here.)

This Is Exactly What I Show You in the Video (But in a Calm, Real-Life Way)

Instead of repeating the same steps here, I walk you through exactly what hidden time looks like in everyday life inside the short video.

It’s not a productivity lecture.
It’s more like someone sitting with you in the quiet moments you usually rush past and saying:

“Look - right here. This counts.”

If even one part of this post made you exhale, the video is going to feel like the permission your brain has been waiting for.

🎥 Watch the Hidden Time Video (10 minutes)
It’s calm. It’s simple. And it’s designed for a busy, beautifully human brain like yours.

One More Thing I Want You to Know

You’re not failing.
You’re not disorganized.
You're not “bad with time.”

You’re carrying more than most people will ever understand.
And you deserve tools that work with your brain, not against it.

Here’s to finding your calm -
one tiny pocket of time at a time. 💛