Today is November 4...NOVEMBER!!! Seriously, where did the year go? I realize the passing of time is relative and that the past year represents 1/40 of y life. When I was a kid, say 10 years old, and it seemed like the summer lasted forever(or the school year lasted forever), that was on;y 1?10 of my life. The older I get the more I want to do. The more I do, the more frazzled, and likely, less effective, I get. My 'what i want to do for the rest of the year' is regain focus.
A couple of excerpts form The Focus Manifesto (free version here) by Leo Babauta.
"The world most of us live in is hectic, fast-paced, fractured, hurried.
What’s more, most of us are conditioned to think this is the way life
should be.
Life should be lived at break-neck speed, we believe. We risk our lives in
cars and we break the speed limit, rushing from one place to another. We do
one thing after another, multi-tasking and switching between tasks as fast
as we can blink.
Benefits of Slowing Down
There are lots of reasons to slow down, but I’ll list just a few to give you
an idea of why it’s important:
1. Better focus. When you slow down, you can focus better. It’s hard
to focus if you’re moving to fast.
2. Deeper focus. Rushing produces shallowness, because you never
have time to dig beneath the surface. Slow down and dive into deeper
waters.
3. Better appreciation. You can really appreciate what you have,
what you’re doing, who you’re with, when you take the time to slow
down and really pay attention.
4. Enjoyment. When you appreciate things, you enjoy them more.
Slowing down allows you to enjoy life to the fullest.
5. Less stress. Rushing produces anxiety and higher stress levels.
Slowing down is calmer, relaxing, peaceful."
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