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Boyoboyo…
The Olympics ruined my sleeping schedule. And now there are the Political Conventions!
At least there are boring parts in the Conventions where reporters will tell us what we just heard (filtered through their biases) so I can get some work done.
It’s amazing how many things there are to keep us from doing what makes our lives work - in my case what makes my life work — besides my relationships - is writing.
These other things seem so important (the Olympics only come around once every four years, and so do the Conventions!) and yet, if the really IMPORTANT stuff slides, our lives can go down the drain.
Vikki and I are struggling to get some time together when we’re not tranced out in front of the TV in the evenings - and I do have some serious writing to do quickly - important new products are pushing their way from my mind down into my fingertips and need to get tapped out into my laptop.
But then someone like Michelle Obama or that guy from Montana will break my concentration with some great TV theater, and —
I guess I’ll be glad when all this is over.
Or maybe I can discover a new way to think about these interruptions.
I remember in a past life, my mate’s mother said something that stuck in my mind.
She had remarried in late middle age, to a well-to-do widower. They had a wonderful life, migrating from a northern city to their Florida home with the weather, and she was complaining about the constant round of cocktail parties and redecorating and getting ready for trips to Europe — then she heard what she was whining about.
She caught herself and laughed and said,
“Boy, there’s just not enough time to do all the things you don’t have to do!”
Nope. There’s NEVER enough time to do all the “things you don’t have to do.” We all get the same 1440 minutes in each day of our lives. And that’s enough time to do the things we need to do. So I’m resorting my schedule during the rest of the Conventions, and putting the important things first.
Still, I’m glad I saw as much of the Olympics as I did. Some of those young athletes’ performances were amazing and inspiring. And I can always use a dash of inspiration.
Seeya,
Tom
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1 tom.hoobyar // Oct 22, 2008 at 10:35 am
Further on this - I’ve found the limits on Getting Things Done - which is a GREAT algorhythm for organizing my inputs.
Trouble is, there’s no “50,000 foot view.” For that I went to Jack Canfield’s “The Success Principles.” It’s a great survey of the processes that are used by successful people in various fields, to help them prioritize their time and their goals.
Bottom line. All we have is this day, this minute, to create our lives. And what my life has taught me is that it is the sum of how I use — or misuse — these minutes that gives me the life I have today.
What I don’t like I can change. But only when I act. This minute. This day.
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