Q: You haven’t called me in ages.
A: I can’t call you because I just don’t have time during the week
Q: Babe, can you come eat dinner already? I’m warming it up a second time
A: I have a bunch of s**t on my plate; can’t eat right now
Q: You started out with a fire and I was following your blog. Now I see you write once a month. You’ve lost the other 5 of us…
A: I can’t blog guys…that’s the last thing on my mind!
Q: Why don’t you get help?
A: I have gotten help but I think I need more…I’m so busy, I don’t even have time to look for help
Q: So you guys planning any vacations?
A: Right after our honeymoon
Q: Haven’t you been married a couple of years
A: Yep, just been crazy busy - maybe this year
Q:You look tense
A: I am
Q: Are you unhappy
A: No, not at all actually, I’m very happy
Q: Then whatup brother?
A: nm much man, I’m just busy!
are just some of my rants that friends and family get to hear. The last 4-5 years of my life have been madness. I’ve had a lot of fun - work has been successful and thriving but deep down inside, I’ve lost balance.
Recently on a business trip to Singapore, I had an epiphany. I was able to get more done in fewer hours and still felt I found the time to intermittently update my twitter status and enjoy meals without my left hand trying to type. How did I do it?
From the 4 hour work week to the abundance of books and personal productivity software, I’ve realized that nothing has or can help me in getting disciplined. I’ve made a commitment to myself and this post is nothing more than a note to self that for the remainder of this year, and hopefully beyond I’ll try to master the art of balance, understand and share what personal productivity really means.
There’s probably nothing here you don’t already know, but as a first task to discipline myself, I’m committing myself to echo 10 quick things I will be incorporating in my life over the next few months. This is no thought-leadership….merely a self proclaimed exercise on how I’m about to change my life….blog, read, love, enjoy, vacation, work and continue to achieve success. So check back frequently as I write more about how these changes are helping me make an impact in my life and in the lives of others I seem to have grown distant from.
