When Real Madrid defended their Champions League trophy with a convincing 4-1 win over Juventus, the curtain came down on the 2016/2017 European football season. It had been a hectic season with Manchester United going through a punishing and grueling schedule and having only two to three days of rest between matches over a period of 2.5 months.
Does it ever seem that life just won't happen the way we planned? I keep calendars, I make appointments, I have daily, weekly plans. But many a times unexpected things crop up.
One of the strange and false ideas in today's world is that an important and successful person is always busy. Many people judge others, and are judged themselves, by how busy they are.
If you're killing yourself just for a salary raise or to impress the boss, you are not genuinely committed. Hard work will not make you an inspired performer more than practicing writing will earn you a Pulitzer Prize for poetry.
I used to think I was busy, but then I met a couple of people who were really busy. The thing I learned from these two people who truly did have an enormous amount of work and responsibility is that they have order - they know their priorities and resist sacrificing their health and relationships.
When was the last time you said, "I don't have time!" to a person. What was it you didn't have time to do? For most people, it is spending time with the people they love and the people who loves them. For some others, it is taking time to look up an old friend.
In mid-life, lots of people reflected on their lives - and I was no different. I questioned how I was spending my time and what I really wanted to achieve. I'd stumbled through life believing that one day I will find the pace of life that will allow for optimum health, happiness, efficiency and contentment.
I know now that it must be created. We must make it happen. We must take breaks and give ourselves space to be inspired and energized.
Don't work yourself to death; what's the point?
Does it ever seem that life just won't happen the way we planned? I keep calendars, I make appointments, I have daily, weekly plans. But many a times unexpected things crop up.
One of the strange and false ideas in today's world is that an important and successful person is always busy. Many people judge others, and are judged themselves, by how busy they are.
If you're killing yourself just for a salary raise or to impress the boss, you are not genuinely committed. Hard work will not make you an inspired performer more than practicing writing will earn you a Pulitzer Prize for poetry.
I used to think I was busy, but then I met a couple of people who were really busy. The thing I learned from these two people who truly did have an enormous amount of work and responsibility is that they have order - they know their priorities and resist sacrificing their health and relationships.
When was the last time you said, "I don't have time!" to a person. What was it you didn't have time to do? For most people, it is spending time with the people they love and the people who loves them. For some others, it is taking time to look up an old friend.
In mid-life, lots of people reflected on their lives - and I was no different. I questioned how I was spending my time and what I really wanted to achieve. I'd stumbled through life believing that one day I will find the pace of life that will allow for optimum health, happiness, efficiency and contentment.
I know now that it must be created. We must make it happen. We must take breaks and give ourselves space to be inspired and energized.
Don't work yourself to death; what's the point?
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment