Stop Wasting Your Life

Every time we put effort into battles that we cannot win, every time we spend time doing things that will not benefit ourselves or someone else we are essentially wasting our life. What if you add up all of those minutes you wasted over the years arguing about foolish things, debating issues you have no control over or reading useless information? Most people could add months to their life. Now what if you took that exact same time and intentionally invested it in things that would make a difference? Would you now be qualified for that raise? Would you now know how to start up that business you've dreamed about all these years? Would you now have that great relationship with your children or spouse?

Let's make this a little more personal:

So you know who won American Idol last year, do you know who your children's friends are?

So you know who won the ball game or who the Indy Driver is, do you know how to cut 10 years off your mortgage? Do you know how to retire with a million dollars in the bank?

So you remember all those jokes and riddles people send you, do you remember to call your loved ones, visit your parents or send a card to your lonely neighbor?

Put the following on your desktop background or on your screen saver:

"Is what you're doing right now going to help you get the things in life you want"

Be careful of your time. You only have so much of it and none of us knows how much and wasting it on things that don't matter will get you nothing but regrets.

Lastly: Because of the internet, we have tons of information dropped in our lap. Some of it will be useless and some of it will be extremely fascinating and than some of it we can actually use to make our lives better. Know the difference and spend your time on the latter. Your life should have purpose and direction and if what comes across your desk will not benefit that purpose and direction, spend very little if any time on it.