“It is not that we have a short space of time, but that we waste much of it.” Seneca, Roman Stoic Philosopher
I feel like we have been in the Christmas season for two months. There is something about the Australian culture which seems to “wind things down” for the year from mid October.
I know small businesses that work with larger firms and any conversations in the last quarter about new contracts automatically get pushed to the new year – which really means February/March.
Now, there is nothing wrong with managing your workload and recognising that things do get busier in many areas of life towards the end of the year, but the risk is we wish away our most precious and unknown quantity. Our time.
My paraphrase of the quote from Seneca above is “life isn’t short, we just waste a lot of it.” We waste it on things that are not aligned with what we say our priorities are. We waste it because we don’t spend it intentionally.
I encourage you to think about who you want to be at the start 2022. On January 1st, what will you wish you spent time on today?
What is the most important thing? Choose to focus on actions that align with your priorities.
What can you complete that you have been putting off? Pain delayed is pain magnified.
What can you put off that you have been pushing to complete, but it isn’t a priority? Saying yes to something means saying no to something else. What can you say no to?
In the next few weeks if you are looking forward to working when things are quiet and others are on leave, embrace that and get productive.
If you are taking leave, take the heck out of that leave.
Be intentional about how you finish off the year. Finish it well. Well rested and well prepared for 2022.
The Generosity Guy 