Once again i hear of somebody who is going to settle down and do their work, painting or writing or whatever, as soon as they get a better light installed, or as soon as they move to a new city, or as soon as they come back from the trip they have been planning, or as soon as…
It’s simple: they just don’t want to do it, or they can’t do it, otherwise they’d feel a burning itch from hell they could not ignore and “soon” would turn quickly into “now”
Tag Archives: Priorities
How to spend your time
Spend your money on the things money can buy. Spend your time on the things money can’t buy.
Haruki Murakami
And if you have not read anything by Murakami, I suggest spending your money to buy one of his books and spending your time by reading it.
/phil
The ugly truth
If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not, you will find an excuse.
/phil
Prioritize your thoughts
It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters as important.
Doris Lessing
/phil
Make time
You will never find time for anything. If you want the time, you must make it.
Charles Buxton
Remember, it is all about priotities. Everyone has got 24 hours a day to spend.
It’s up to you to spend yours!
/phil
Time management
You may delay, but time will not. And lost time is never found again.
Benjamin Franklin
/phil
Center of attention
Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear.
Anthony Robbins
/phil
I was dying
First I was dying to finish high school and start college.
And then I was dying to finish college and start working.
And then I was dying to marry and have children.
And then I was dying for my children to grow old enough for school so I could return to work.
And then I was dying to retire.
And now, I am dying… and suddenly I realize I forgot to live.
/phil
Wisdom of life
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone.
The wisdom of life consists in the elemination of non-essentials.
Lin Yutang
/phil
Breathtaking!
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
Maya Angelou