Your priorities are what you do each day, the small tasks that move forward the second and minute hands on the clock: these circadian endeavors are your musts. Everything else is simply a should. You have the same amount of time as everyone else who has ever created a masterpiece. We all have the same twenty-four hours in a day. So \u201cI don\u2019t have time to write\u201d really means \u201cwriting isn\u2019t a priority.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n
\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 –\u00a0Joshua Fields Millburn<\/p>\n\n\n
A few years back, Joshua Millburn, along with his friend, Ryan Nicodemus, started a blog, podcast, and movement called “The Minimalists”. They seek to get to the heart of things that matter in life and clear away all of the clutter.*<\/p>\n\n\n
Joshua also teaches writing and his lessons are succinct and insightful.<\/p>\n\n\n
When I saw the quote above, it struck me that what he says about writing <\/i>is true about anything<\/i>.<\/p>\n\n\n
Take a second look at that quote and remove the word ‘writing’:<\/p>\n\n\n
\u00a0“I don’t have time to ___________” really means “__________ isn’t a priority.”\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n
What would you put in that blank?<\/p>\n\n\n
We want to believe we have a time problem …<\/p>\n\n\n
It’s hard to admit we have a prioritization problem.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
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