Time management: do less things. Surrender, trust, accept. Textbook.

 Just a short one this week. I'm leaving in three days for two weeks of seeing family.

I've got the list of my textbooks for the coming classes. Maybe I'll start studying them over my travels.

I've got lots of habits that I want to establish, but I am trying to be smart and not do too many at once. I've got a list of 3 habits, and those are all I'm focusing on, until they are well established. No more than three at a time.

So much of my current thoughts about time management are about simplicity and less. there are 24 hours in a day. I can't just keep adding things to my plate, I can't add hours to the day. I have to choose, and in choosing, decide what not to do. Larger tasks require a certain amount of concerted effort, and if they don't get it, they don't come to fruition. If I spread myself too thin, nothing comes to fruition. Chase two rabbits, catch none.

Surrender, and trust, is another theme for my life these days. Letting myself trust in God, source, Truth, whatever you want to call it. Surrendering my little will to the big Will. That surrender and trust seems to be far and away the best way forward. The least bumpy, and the most effective, at the same time.

Awareness is also playing a key role. The more conscious, aware I am, of what I'm doing, and choosing what to do, deliberately, thoughtfully, the more effective I am. Even without moving quickly, I get much more done, because I am doing what needs to be done, and, especially when I time myself, I am not spending undue time on things that don't merit lots of time. It's hard to do though, especially when I'm tired at the end of the day, like now. It seems to require a fair amount of willpower, which is a cue letting my know that my systems aren't well set up.

People who express high levels of willpower play proactively, not reactively. They set up their lives and routines so they don't need a lot of willpower to do the right thing. Their rituals and environment and systems make it the easier thing to do. But I'm not focusing on that now. Why? 3 things. Only three things. I need a page in my journal where I can write down all the other great ideas for habits and things I want to do, so I can feel comfortable putting them aside for now, so I can nurture the 3 I've decided to focus on.

With love (and I'll probably be seeing many of you soon in my travels)

-Isaac