10 months ago
There is the work you love to do. The work that you have to do. And the work that you need to do. There are all different layers of work that you have to get done in a day, week, or month. The work you love to do might be to dig that hole in the backyard. No one is asking for it, but who doesn’t love to dig a hole? The work you have to do is what you are being asked to do for your job; this is what pays the bills and puts food on the table.
10 months ago
I recently had my jet pump “stop” working. I didn’t know where to look as I had never had this happen, and had to go find the fix on the Internet. To give you an idea of what I was contending with, see the picture below. From there, I still had no idea how to configure this thing to start working so then I had to go check out this video (which was immensely helpful in explaining the product). Important to note in the above picture are those two springs and the nuts on top of them. To configure the
10 months ago
When you have others asking you to finish work by a certain date, the timelines are imposed upon you. You can complain about them being too tight, but the fact remains – you have a timeline to finish your wor,k and people are depending upon you. Set the timeline for yourself, and only you are depending on you. Oddly enough, despite our anger, it’s when others depend upon us that we push ourselves harder to meet a timeline, irrespective of whether they are mean or nice about it. So the question becomes – can you treat yourself and your timeline
10 months ago
With all the time in the world, will you be able to accomplish your goals? Will you be able to be disciplined enough to be able to get all your work done? Will you achieve all that you want in all of those interests and hobbies? Will you be able to push yourself as far as you think you can? Maybe it’s time to find out.
10 months ago
Despite our best intentions, your daily routine will be derailed. You might make the first day, possibly the second, but some factor outside of your control will derail it. You can “sub” in alternatives to your routine to get work done, but there will always be this feeling of “I didn’t uphold my routine.” This is true, you didn’t, on this day, the streak was over, and now you start again. But you subbed in something different that maybe didn’t get you exactly what you wanted, but made up for it and filled the gap for you to start again.
