Writer exploring culture, technology, life design, and the human experience. Writing at BarryFralick.com
Sunday Notes 10/6/24
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Greetings friends. Here are this week's notes. From me: A micro-thought What are you doing day-to-day, and what could you be doing? What makes an efficient human is resource management. Time and energy are both finite. You don't want to spend your days doing what doesn't need to be done. A lot of people have big plans, with the excuse being, 'If only I had the time.' For people who truly don't have time, I recommend auditing how you're spending it. Most things are unimportant, and it's easy to glide through the days in zombie mode, mindlessly completing tasks. A well-lived life isn't a busy one, but one with plenty of time to work on what matters. Tasks, chores, and to-do lists are mostly coping mechanisms used to alleviate the guilt of not living the full spectrum of life. Golf - The player who plays the least, wins the round. -- ??: The Mouthful - How to enjoy what you're given. -- Well said: Matthew McConaughey on good times and bad: Days of prosperity make us forget adversity. Good times seems out of reach during the bad ones. Both can seem like final destinations, the summation of our days. Then the cosmic joker plays with our ways. Yesterday's condition no longer remains. All commas, no periods, all stops, no stays, the pleasure's for rent, but so is the pain. And on living well: Life is our résumé. It is our story to tell, and the choices we make write the chapters. Can we live in a way where we look forward to looking back? -- Interesting: Hemingway: A How-To Guide To Living The Life Of Literature's Manly Man -- Life Design: The Mouse in the Cage It’s easy to go through life like a mouse in an experiment, blissfully unaware of life outside the cage. We do what’s in front of us. We do what we see others do. If we have enough food (and other resources, in our case), we tend not to complain or look for alternatives. -- A quote: Life can be improved by adding, or by subtracting. The world pushes us to add, because that benefits them. But the secret is to focus on subtracting.
― Derek Sivers
-- Lastly, a question worth pondering: Where do you think your blind spots are? What are you not seeing? That is it for this week's edition. ❤️ Barry |
Barry Fralick
Writer exploring culture, technology, life design, and the human experience. Writing at BarryFralick.com
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