Making the time

 

As you may have noticed, I have not provided a blog post in some time. What have I been doing? Well to start, I have been trying to simplify all aspects of my life. I have been removing unnecessary actions one at a time, and in doing so I have been able to identify what I view as necessary. So what have I removed? My first decision was to remove the act of watching the T.V. After T.V. was excluded, I moved onto removing use of my cell phone. All the worthless texts and phone calls no longer pollute my daily life. Another decision that I decided to make was to reduce the amount of times I check my e-mail. Being at school where each student has their own tablet computer; and a school where teachers e-mail there students on a regular basis (homework etc.) I have not been able to completely eliminate my use of e-mail. However, I have made it a short-term goal of checking my e-mail a maximum of two times per day. So with all this reduction what have I learned? For one, the common phrase, " I can't do what I want to, because I don't have time" should no longer apply in your life. Here is my typical week:

• Mondays through Fridays school from 8:00 A.M until 3:10 P.M 
• Work 10-25 hours a week
• Lift Weights 4 times a week 
• Run Hill sprints 1 time a week 
• Run Stadium stairs 1 time a week
• Play AAU basketball Fridays through Sundays in tournaments throughout the country
• Basketball practice 2 days a week for total of 6 hours
• Cook majority of my meals and eat 4-7 meals a day
• Read a minimum of  2 books per week
• Complete an average of 1 hour of homework per day

While your daily life may consist of more activities, I highly suggest that you write down everything that you have done in the past week. Once you have a list, consider everything on it and decide whether or not it will help you achieve the goals that you have set. If you do this, then I believe you will have much more time for the activities that will help you and more importantly it will give you more time for the activities that you enjoy. Simplicity may be the very thing your life is missing. 

Thanks for reading. JG