Hello, Walkers!
I spend a lot of time wandering around, walking, and staring at stuff. I found a leaf I was especially fond of this past week and wrote a haiku about it. This is my life. I spend far more time physically and mentally wandering than I do writing, drawing, marketing, or just about anything else. While productivity paragons and efficiency experts may not feel this is the best use of my time—they don’t understand my blueprint.
a leaf on the path
sunset orange radiates from
green meridian
In Oliver Burkeman’s book, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals, he sets out a simple mathematical formula for determining what your life is about, attention/time. Your attention over time determines your life. Nothing else.
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