Saturday, November 27, 2010

Goal for the Day: Take Your Time

Very often, we impose deadlines on ourselves which are just unrealistic. Whether it’s in our work or our home-lives, we decide that something must be completed “now.” But, think about it. How often is it necessary that something has to happen immediately? Unless you’re doing something that is a matter of life and death or you’re trying to complete a task that if left incomplete will threaten your well-being, most things aren’t really all that urgent. It’s important, of course, to have goals and it’s necessary to set deadlines for those goals. However, we should try to be realistic when deciding when a task needs to be completed. Weigh the importance of everything you do against the really necessary things.


This weekend, many of you are out shopping for Christmas and other holidays. It’s not necessary to harm yourself in order to do this. Take your time. The people for whom we’re buying gifts will be a lot happier knowing that you’re safe and comfortable than they will if you’ve risked life and limb to get them something on sale. If they’re not, then they don’t deserve a gift anyway.

We’re in control of what we do and when. So, give yourself a break and be comfortable. Unless you’re delivering a cooler of kidneys to a hospital, there’s very little that requires such a hurry.

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