I Can’t Do It All
by Bert Oliva
I went to bed early last night and slept in this morning. I meant to do this blow post yesterday evening, but I was exhausted, so I listened to my body and allowed myself to truly rest, even though I had a bunch of things on my To Do List still. And you know what? The world didn’t end. And this morning, I’m all the better for my decision.
I don’t know about you, but oftentimes, when I choose to rest, my mind goes crazy with everything I’m putting off. I feel guilty and anxious and by the time my so-called rest period is over, I’m more tired than when I started.
This is not how we’re supposed to do anything in our lives. Anything that we do should get the benefit of our full concentration—put our full mind to it. When we put our full mind to a task, we accomplish it better and much more efficiently than when our mind is stressing over the next four things on our lists.
We are not meant to constantly multitask. Even a computer’s efficiency and processing speed greatly slows the more applications you have running on it simultaneously. So, this week, let’s stop multitasking. Let’s put our all into everything that we do and work on one thing at a time—whether that be a work project, family time, or even just resting.
You’ll be amazed at how much more you will accomplish this way.
Live Life,
Bert Oliva
NOV