⏱️ Resist the drift
💡 THOUGHTS FROM ME
I. If you don’t intentionally choose the direction you are headed, then your culture, social bubble, and the everyday pulls of life will take you down an inferior path.
If you follow the conventional pull of our culture, you will:
Eat in a way that will make your body sick
Spend too much time on your phone
Spend too much time at home and not around other people
Live with unnecessary anxiety
Suppose you want to be healthy, or create real friendships and human connections, or reduce the stress and anxiety you experience. In that case, it will only happen by intentionally setting up your life in such a way to make it happen.
If there is an area of your life you are dissatisfied with, ask yourself how you can resist the drift and face it with intentionality.
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II. Priorities are acted upon desires. Wishful thinking is claiming something is a priority in your life that your actions don’t align with.
If your actions are different than your stated desires, and you don’t like your actions, wishful thinking is winning.
What will you do this week to align your actions with your desires?
💬 1 HELPFUL QUOTE
Seymour Chwast with the reminder that working harder isn’t always the answer:
“If you dig a hole and it’s in the wrong place, digging it deeper isn’t going to help.”
📖 1 BRIEF BOOK REVIEW
This is a really good book on dying and how to best care for those who are facing death.
This book explains how elderly/terminal care as we know it came to be: nursing homes, assisted living, and hospice. It explains why medicine and hospitals are good at keeping people alive but not good at considering what might matter most to those nearing the end.
If you have elderly family members, I especially recommend this book. It will challenge you and show you how to best care for those you love.
I always enjoy a book that is easy to track, yet profound in what it teaches. This book accomplishes both.
10/10
