Are You Filling or Fulfilling?
"Are you filling time or fulfilling your time?"- my question
The most precious thing in life is time. A lot of people fool themselves into believing it is money. Money can be made, lost, and recovered BUT time can only be lost or spent well.
So what constitutes spending time well? As I have mentioned many times before, to me the most important driver is creativity. If I can get creativity into my day then the day feels better spent. I feel fulfilled.
What about days when I let the grind get in the way of creativity? Well those days are filled with activities but not necessarily with things that are important to me. For some days that is OK. It is a part of working for someone else.
BUT if majority of my days are filled with activities that benefit others then I need to reshuffle them or spread the tasks out so that I can get some of my own creative work inserted. This allows me to be re-charged while accomplishing tasks for others. If I was solely focused on others then I eventually become drained.
Remember how on planes they ask you to put your mask on before putting one on a loved one. This principle for me means fulfilling should come before filling.
Today's question is:
"Are most of your days fulfilling or filling?
"Are you filling time or fulfilling your time?"- my question
The most precious thing in life is time. A lot of people fool themselves into believing it is money. Money can be made, lost, and recovered BUT time can only be lost or spent well.
So what constitutes spending time well? As I have mentioned many times before, to me the most important driver is creativity. If I can get creativity into my day then the day feels better spent. I feel fulfilled.
What about days when I let the grind get in the way of creativity? Well those days are filled with activities but not necessarily with things that are important to me. For some days that is OK. It is a part of working for someone else.
BUT if majority of my days are filled with activities that benefit others then I need to reshuffle them or spread the tasks out so that I can get some of my own creative work inserted. This allows me to be re-charged while accomplishing tasks for others. If I was solely focused on others then I eventually become drained.
Remember how on planes they ask you to put your mask on before putting one on a loved one. This principle for me means fulfilling should come before filling.
Today's question is:
"Are most of your days fulfilling or filling?
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