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Some days

Posted on by philipdodson

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Some days are a blur, for many, whole weeks, months or even a lifetime.

We’re in another world or just not tuned in.

Often, that is because we believe being almost frantically busy is good.

We have subscribed to the myth that busy and ‘achieving’ things, even if most of them we don’t know why we are doing, equates to success. Ultimately we believe it will make us worthy.

Worthiness and success are not related to achievement.

Busy is often a good way of avoiding something and not dealing with what matters. ‘I have no time for that’.

The key to happiness is to cherish life and the moments that matter, it is to do less, and that means carefully choosing what matters.

Focus only on what matters, what you will remember with real fondness at the end of the journey.

Take your time to enjoy each step of your life.

What do you value?

Posted on by philipdodson

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What do you value in your life? What really matters?

Stop your busy life for a moment and write down who, what, the things or activities that matter.

Look at that list of people and activities you do value, and then think how much time do I really spend on them?

Sometimes we say ‘I’d love to do more x, I’d love to spend more time with y, but I don’t have time’.

Apparently, we spend on average 4 hours a day watching TV (Netflix, YouTube or whatever form of media, doesn’t have to be old school TV).

Well, if we simply cut that by 50%, that would give us 2 hours a day, 14 hours a week, over 2 full 24 hour days a month, 25 days a year, a whole year back every 14 years and over an average life 5-6 years of time to spend.

There is always time, it is a question of how much we really value the activities, the people we love or the things that matter in life.

If you value them, make time. Otherwise, perhaps you need to reassess what does really matter in your life.