I did something terrifying. Upsetting. And very restorative.
I made a list. “I want time to X…, but I spend time Y.”
X is for all the things I say I want to do but easily put off or justify not doing. Y is for all the things I do because I tell myself I am tired or I just don’t feel like it.
Then I put hourly estimates next to each Y. How many hours a day on average do I spend on these things? And I added it up. The number made me a bit sick to my stomach.
Then I put hourly forecasts next to each X. What if I spent that many hours per day on average on those things? When I added those numbers up, it turned out that I would STILL have time to mess around and do things that don’t matter much to me.
These are the kinds of exercises I set myself when I have a few days off to let my brain get out of “somebody’s hair is on fire” mode. I also queued up similar exercises for behaviors versus intention and money versus priorities. I’m pretty sure they will both be too terrifying to share.
