All too busy OR all too lazy?
I want to reflect on something that I believe many of us are, quite unfortunately, guilty of. What I’m referring to is using the old, “I’m busy” excuse…for anything.
Now think about it, time is our most valuable resource. Time is so powerful that we’re either seemingly imprisoned by it, or liberated by free time. Yet, when one truly examines this a bit more closely, how much of this all important resource do we waste, ad nauseum, every single day, AND THEN we tell our friends, family, colleagues, partners, etc. that, “we’re too busy.” But before we use that lame excuse again, let’s think about who ISN’T busy…who do you know, in this day and age, that doesn’t have a lot on their plate?
Yet, we clog up our days with mindless activities that only cause us to be that much further behind (like reading this blog J )
So…
How much reality TV or sensationalized news programming do we really have to sit through like zombies?
How many email jokes and YouTube videos do we have to devour in a day?
How many…
How much… on and on.
Now, I’m not saying we have to give up entertainment…quite the contrary, actually. If we were more focused and cut the fat out of our day, in terms of productivity, couldn’t we truly open up major chunks of time for fun, for friends, for family? Or how about making enough time to learn the skills necessary to take our businesses to the next level, rather than wasting our time and then complaining about our business struggles?
Of course, there are some incredibly diligent people out there who should be examples to the rest of us. But, I’m afraid that I know that I’m guilty of using the inexcusable excuse of being busy. Living thousands of miles away from many of my closest family members and friends, I hereby declare that I will no longer use this excuse. I’ll keep in touch regularly…I’ll work diligently on my business so that I can create even more abundance that will allow more time with the people and places that matter.
Ultimately, it comes down to priorities: We’ll always have time to do the things that we absolutely need and want to do. Perhaps we just need to reevaluate what is truly important.
h 10:54 am on September 17, 2007 Permalink |
i like the last pt u made. i always find time 2 b lazy. sometimes i guess maybe i’m 2 busy being 2 lazy.
Michael Tompkins 2:11 pm on September 22, 2007 Permalink |
I believe everything comes to an individual when they are ready to receive it. The catch 22 becomes whether or not you are will and able to hang around long enough for them to receive what they have coming to them good or bad.
Personally, I’m too lazy to wait.
Regards,
-M