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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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There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second. - Logan P Smith
One of the many things I wish I had learned sooner in life is the ‘Pareto principle,’ usually called the “80/20 rule.”
The principle is the observation that 20% of activities lead to 80% of your success. In other words, most of what you’re doing is essentially a waste of time because it doesn’t contribute much to what you want to achieve.
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