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Awhile back, I noticed that my days were getting hectic. I found myself wishing there were more hours in the day.
Toward the evening, I would be getting ready for bed wondering where all my time went. It wasn’t that I wasn’t getting stuff done, I just felt like I could be doing a lot more
At some point, it finally struck me that I should actually sit down and figure it out. As a result of that endeavor, I’ve discovered the following 8 simple tips for having a more productive day.
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“Beware the barrenness of a busy life.” ~Socrates
We’re exhausted. We’re overwhelmed. We’re so badly overworked. But above all, we’re just plain too busy: Too busy to relax, too busy to have fun, too busy to do what we really want to do.
Have you ever met anyone who was not too busy? Someone who, despite having to pay the bills, wash the dishes, and do the laundry always had abundant time left over to use as they pleased? I once met a person like that. I was so impressed that I married him.
When I first met my husband, I was very busy. There were so many things I wanted but had no time for. So many dreams were sitting on the shelf collecting dust. Forget about dreams, I was so busy that I hardly even had time to rest.
Gradually, I began to figure out how my husband avoids the busy trap. By the time we had a child, house, and a multitude of other duties and responsibilities that I never had before, I found myself a lot less busy. I took my dreams off the shelf, dusted them off, and went for it! I picked up singing, wrote a book, and started this blog. And, against all odds, I still found time to relax!
That’s when I realized that being busy goes far beyond the number of things that we have to do.
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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. -Leonardo DaVinci
Lots of us feel that our day-to-day is driven by chaos, jumping from task to task with a seemingly endless list of things to do. How can we take a moment and enjoy life? How can we eliminate the extraneous from what’s actually important?
Simplifying your life means ridding yourself of those extra things that you do, instead focusing on doing those things that you love, and spending time with those other beings in the world you find most precious. It means taking an axe and flame thrower to all the clutter of your life so that you are left only with what gives you real value.
But how does one accomplish this? It seems like a pretty daunting task, especially if you’re really collapsing under the weight of all the clutter that we tend to pick up over time. To bring up a quote:
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. -Lao-tzu
Recently, Maya and I began the process of simplifying our lives. We’re trimming back the fat, and getting rid of everything we don’t find absolutely important. Sometimes, though, it’s hard to determine what’s important so that we can just get rid of everything else. So, I’ve come up with a list of what I feel are the most important tips to help you simplify your life.
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