Tag: busy

Never ends, never will

Well, 2025 is almost over.

But not the endless blur of ‘the next thing in front of me’ (us).

Never ends.

Never will.

Unless…

You get your prioritized priorities in world-class shape.

Note: Even then, you can never let your guard down. Just because you reach your goal of prioritized priorities…doesn’t qualify you for lifetime autopilot. Life constantly throws unexpected curves. Aim for perfection, settle for excellence — you’ll need this when the unexpected storms hit.

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Priorities and Calendar gymnastics

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Wow, roughly nine years ago in 2016.
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Creative decision to not yet delete my Facebook account. Instead, i deleted (unfriended, but i like deleted better) all 27 Friends, all linked posts, and all comments on the posts remaining. These 27 people…we can text and call each other anytime. We’re family and a few lifetime friends from hometown and college. No Disney colleagues in this account, btw.

Calendar gymnastics is the phrase that inspired today’s posts.

i prefer prioritization gymnastics.

Since our priorities drive what’s on our calendar, it feels synonymous.

Perhaps calendar gymnastics’ original definition is “balancing and flexing all the stuff we want to do with all the stuff other’s want us to do”.

To me, the best way to do that is to be crystal clear on your prioritized priorities.

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Ending where we started

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Text thread “jeff-riff” in it’s entirety.

In a busy, disorganized, unprioritized world, it’s easy to ignore or gloss over things.

Repetition is the mother of all learning.

Life is not a dress rehearsal.

Live before you die.

Happy present moment.

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Have fun today

How often do we simply look up and gaze at what we see? Not very. Why? Because we have too much to do, and it’s right in front of us.

Have fun today.

Looks good on paper.

Personal organization facilitates the number of things you have to worry be concerned about.

When too much of our time is spent fighting proverbial fires, we do not have the presence to enjoy what we get to do.

Being mired in have-to-do stuff becomes an insidious habit that slowly extinguishes our natural ability to be grateful, joyful, and content – those are the key drivers for happiness.

Happiness is a result from developing less glamorous habits – habits like focus, discipline, authenticity, and constant gratitude.

Pleasure from being distracted, medicated, and entertained is not happiness. Society has packaged it that way, but you are smarter than that.

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The antithesis of productivity

Getting away from your normal routine is a brilliant way to .think .differently

The antithesis of productivity is pausing to think.

Self-reflection in a busy world (and the world is and has always been busy) is challenging, if not impossible.

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