So I was up today after 10:00. I awoke with an idea as I usually do. Some new conception, some new method or dream. This morning it was a vision of an open path before me – not in the hiking trail sense but as an option to a life or a time of life that I could of could not partake in. I meandered to the bathroom this morning instead of going directly to the computer to get my thought down, and as I was finishing up brushing my teeth I was debating whether I should take the extra time to shave before getting my idea down. Meanwhile I had had several other ideas that needed getting down too, and I was beginning to worry I’d loose them all in my shaving cream.
I decided to stay and shave first and then allowed one more small delay before heading to email. As I left the bathroom I had lost my ideas or they had become somewhat foggy (I’m not too sure anymore), so I went to eat first and hoped they’d return. Once downstairs I glanced at the clock to see how long all these extra steps had taken me before getting to eat and was shocked to see that all my hygiene had only cost me 25 min or so since it was still before 10:30.
I began to get started feeding and caffeinating myself and went into my usual routine of trying to get out all the dishes and condiments I would need in the fewest amount of steps while simultaneously attempting to have every appliance running while I was running. This took about another 20 min.
Finally, I sat down to check my email. Adjust some blog SEO settings, and such, and another 20 min passed by in the blink of an eye. I was realizing that nothing that I had done up to this point was worth anything productive only maintenance and I felt very impatient to be done eating as I paced around the kitchen whilst chewing my toast – for some reason I feel more productive if I pace while I am forced to spend time on maintenance, in this case eating.
I remember that there was a point where I was trying to get my coffee ready to drink and I debated stirring it again for the sake of losing an extra couple of seconds. This is the point where at least my third idea of the day had hit me:
What could I accomplish if I were forced to move as slow as possible, but only in the right direction? Meaning that if I were forced to dial the phone extreeeeeemely slowly, but dialing and booking and selling were all the actions I could do… No wasting time on email, random internet searching about questions that aren’t immediately necessary, no blogging, no thinking, just doing that action which makes me the most money per unit time, definitely, guaranteed.
I began to think I would get a lot more done. Speed, multitasking, and of course pacing, really mean nothing then. So stir your coffee, eat your breakfast, shave, shower, exercise, stretch, do yoga, walk the dog, feed the cat, do the pushups, eat the vitamin, and listen to anyone who wants to talk to you because these aren’t the thieves that are stealing your time. You are giving it away to all the other stuff that you can’t remember doing, not all the things you need and want to do everyday.
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