stop. and breathe
Posted: June 29th, 2010 | Author: Sarah | Filed under: health, life | 2 Comments »
“Life is just a quick succession of busy nothings.”
- Jane Austen
What’s on your to-do list today? How about this week? If you’re like me, 95% of your thoughts are filled with remembering tasks you “simply have to get done” – changing the bed sheets, getting the ingredients to make dinner, finishing this project by 3, making an appointment, dropping that something off at the somewhere. In the big picture – how much do these things really matter? The truth is, not much. These line-items, as monumental as they may seem in the moment, are really quite trivial and menial in the grand scheme of things.
I invite you to ignore the calling of society to get busy and “crush it,” and join me as I attempt to reduce my to-do list and clear my mind of clutter that is prohibiting me from enjoying life the way we were designed to enjoy it – building relationships, experiencing new places, creating new things, helping others. Take a deep breath. Now take nine more. Close your eyes, and think – will the next 50 minutes really have that great an impact on the next 50 years?
just what i needed to get me through a crazy Tuesday afternoon. I’ll try to remember this advice over the next month as we clean, paint and move into our new house, while working full time, getting ready for my sister’s wedding, and the other 259872479025 things I have to do!
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