I Have More Important Things to Do – The Gentle Art of Ignoring

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At the end of the day, most people who have big projects on their plates also have big to do lists on their desk. Each day, this to do list will have a few things crossed off, but more will be added for the next day, and then it the list is never actually done. So how do we remedy this? How can we get more done with the same amount of time we have each day? It’s often a matter of ignoring large chunks of our list.

Ignore my to do list?!? You must be insane!!!!!  Read more... (1154 words, 1 image, estimated 4:37 mins reading time)

Find the Leaks in Your Day

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Ask anyone why they aren’t achieving their goals or spending their days doing what they love, and most people will tell you that they just don’t have the time. I know, I’ve always been one of these people. The problem is this just doesn’t make much sense.

If you take a moment to think about that phrase, I just don’t have time, it’s pretty obvious that we all have 24 hours in a day. The problem is that most of us don’t use those hours very effectively. Most of us waste our time messing around or if we are accomplishing, it’s usually low impact tasks.  Read more... (756 words, 1 image, estimated 3:01 mins reading time)

Attitude of Appreciation

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No matter who we are or where we are from, there is one thing we all have in common.  We all seek happiness with everything we do in life.  No matter what we are doing, we do it in order to gain pleasure, happiness, or avoid pain and avoiding pain is just another way of seeking happiness.

In our current culture of achievement, it seems that everybody is always setting goals and doing more in order to get more.  It’s always about more more more.  We set goals, achieve them, celebrate and set a new goal.  Read more... (559 words, 1 image, estimated 2:14 mins reading time)

Radical Action Plan: A Follow Up

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Last weekend was a very interesting one.  I got everything I wanted accomplished except for the goal “work 30 hours for work.”  I didn’t turn off the phone and my brother called to spend time with me.  We haven’t just “hung out” in months so I said sure as long as I get my goals done.  I spent most of the weekend just doing stuff with him, and I still got my goals accomplished.  I did them way faster than I even thought possible because I knew I wanted to go do stuff rather than take a long time on each goal.  Which really began to make it clear how quickly a person really can accomplish if the crunch is on.  Read more... (651 words, 1 image, estimated 2:36 mins reading time)

Overwhelmed! Part I

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It seams like sometimes in life, there just aren’t enough hours in the day.  I know this has been true for me lately.  I have gotten myself involved in more projects and “to do’s” than I feel like I can handle.  Some of this is my own fault.  I seem to offer help in areas that follow my passion.  This means that I am now involved with a feature film project, a television project, and a short film project, along with a few other small parts in other films that are being filmed in my area.  Read more... (1044 words, 1 image, estimated 4:11 mins reading time)