I decided to spend a day catching up on small tasks last weekend.
I cleaned up some clutter, filed, did some laundry, deleted old
email. The day was gone, and I hadn’t done everything on my list.

Time really is my most precious resource. Anything I want to do
requires a certain portion of a day — or of a week, a month, a
year, a lifetime. I really am finite. There are only so many
things I can do before I reach my end.

Yet, strangely enough, since I started focusing on doing those
things that I really care about, it seems I get more done than
ever. I complete projects in short order. My friends have started
commenting on how much energy I have and how much I do. I look
back and see a growing pyramid of accomplishments, and feel good
about completing them.

And it all started improving when I decided to spend more time
doing what I enjoyed.

I recommend it as an experiment. Take a little time from something
you feel you should do and don’t enjoy, and give it to something
you enjoy and care about. See what happens. If you like it, go a
little further.

And let me know what happens. If you’re like me, you’ll find that,
following your own star, you do more of what’s important, with more
energy, and what’s necessary takes care of itself.

Book Recommendation

Startide Rising by David Brin

This is a buoyant adventure. The galactic milieu holds many
intelligent species, like competing and contentious families. They
find humanity, who arose without family connections, a pretentious
upstart. Newly intelligent dolphins and chimps add charming
variety to the character cast. Very entertaining.

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Anna Paradox is a life coach who speaks science fiction. Imagine
life is a game in which you choose your own winning conditions. The
most successful players use a coach. To find out more, or to
schedule a sample session, write to me at anna@annaparadox.com, or
call 505-640-0979.

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