One of the ezines I continue to subscribe to after about 3 years comes from PerfectCustomers. Today’s daily attraction tip struck a chord for my introversion preference. My “music” is – purposeful breaks of various types throughout the day. I believe it helps me to both function better and know who I truly am; play my own music. What is your space between the notes? Your music?

“Music occurs in the space between the notes.

If all that existed was note after note after note, then we could not hear the music. It’s the contrast of the space between the notes that allows those notes to be heard in all their beauty and glory.

If you wrote the ‘sheet music’ of your day, what would it look like?

Phone call, meeting, beating project deadine, another phone call, two phone calls coming in at the same time, copier jam, phone call, meeting, computer glitch, meeting — it’s almost painful to just read that. Imagine what living it is doing to our ‘musical’ instrument of life!(Font color is mine.)

What if we actually scheduled our day to include allowing and appreciating space between each of these experiences- or even within these experiences?

It doesn’t have to be much space — just a few quiet moments to appreciate the contrast of silence within your activity.”

I love that suggestion, “just a few quiet moments.” Is that an introvert mantra or what? And on the days that I don’t get those moments in it can feel – painful, as PerfectCustomers says. How do you practice this space between the notes throughout the day? Do you plan it purposefully?