A “Hmm” is enough for me. I’m satisfied anytime I can get my readers to take a second and stop and think about the way we act, and why we do what we do I feel like I’ve done my job.

The thing about prioritization is that there’s still a struggle because we want to help others, those in our community, but also achieve our own endeavors. I know I often take on more than I can handle and my own work often suffers b/c I’m working too much on fulfilling promises for other people. It’s a tough tight rope to negotiate.

You bring up another great point, one I don’t necessarily think about because at my age, single, etc. I have a lot of freedom, but with a family some times other things take precedence, and YES, sometimes that does mean going back to revisit something later.

I read somewhere that you should take 100, subtract your age, and read that many pages to give the book a chance. After that, still bad, put it down.

I think the point of this story is maybe sometimes we don’t know without first trying it. It ended up being the most fulfilling relationship of my life. She’s still a great friend. BUT her intuition was right (for her) for that night.

Last night sleep won out over responding to these comments… but like Anita says below. Sometimes it’s important to re-visit later.

I’m a voracious reader, and I’m subscribed to a TON of blogs so I don’t necessarily know the answer. Opinions?

Good example – I started writing this epic ’100 Thing We’ve Learned at Life Without Pants’ article in celebration of the 100th post. Somewhere around number 27 I stopped and asked myself, “Why am I doing this?” – “Who would read this?” – “What’s the point?”

I couldn’t come up with anything so I hit delete, accepted that I had wasted two hours of my life, but that I would be better off by not wasting two more.

It’s important for us to prioritize and focus on the things that are most important to us. Thank you for inspiring some good thought Ryan.
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Knowing when to get out of an experience when we’re not learning/ enjoying it, is [un]common sense.

Equally important to recognise those rare instances when we have access to [people/ book/volunteering] experiences from which we could learn enormously, but are unable to at the instant they present themselves [sleep/work/kids].

Sometimes its good to go back when you can, with complete attention and splash into the incoming tide.

Cheers

Anita Lobo

Works great for athletics (especially running) but I have the hardest time with this when it comes to books. No matter how bad, I feel compelled to finish every book. You make a great point, which is that life is too short to be tied down by obligations (big or small) that really don’t help further our goals or our happiness in any way. Of course, caveats aside for things like supporting a family (but I reckon that still ultimately ties back to happiness).

P.S. Love that Will Smith video too
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