What are you accepting as true that is skewing your judgement? What assumptions have you made that are making you see the issue from the wrong perspective?
It’s easy to take what we see as the truth. What we see is, however, often filtered.
Looking at a colour on your computer screen may show you something completely different to what you see on your phone screen. That blue you liked turns out to much more of a green.
We should be careful to look for the filters skewing our vision.
Our days are lived according to a template.
Wake.
Work.
Relax.
Sleep.
Repeat. Repeat. Repeat…
That’s the shape we’ve been given. We follow the outline. We don’t think about it.
What would happen if you changed the shape?
Wake up. Relax for a few hours. Read, watch tv. Do whatever you consider a hobby. Then do work.
Go for multiple naps instead of eight hours sleep.
Alternate an hour of work with an hour of play.
There are many possible shapes.
What happens when you change the shape?
Maybe the normal shape is what suits you best. Maybe you find a shape the suits you better.
A day is just a box we live in. We can order it any way we like.
Doing is important. But so is thinking. Rush the thinking and the doing becomes more difficult.
Thinking is working. Take time to think.
Often it doesn’t matter what work you do, as long as what you’re doing is, in fact, work.
Examine what you’re doing. Is it work? Or is it something that just looks like work? It can be hard to tell. Lots of things that look like work are not. Lots of things that don’t look like work are.
Here’s how to tell. Ask yourself, ‘will progress come of this?’
Check your expectations.
Are the realistic or just wishful thinking?
The answer can often determine your success and happiness.
If your expectations are just wishful thinking you shouldn’t be surprised if you don’t meet them.
Don’t be surprised either when after failing to meet the expectations you set that others no longer trust your ability to deliver.
Set your expectations wisely.