“‘I am so busy.’ We say this as a badge of honor, as if our exhaustion were a trophy and our ability to withstand seventy to eighty-hour work weeks a mark of real character. We convince ourselves that the busier we are, the more we are accomplishing and the more important we must be. But is this really so? Does more activity really mean more accomplishment? To be unavailable to friends and family, to miss the sunsets and the full moons, to blast through all our obligations without time for taking a deep breath – are these really the marks of a successful life?” ~ Dan Miller, No More Mondays
Instead of adding more to your To Do List, why not sit down and create a Not-To-Do List to eliminate the things that subtract your time but don’t add to your goals and productivity. Some things are obvious, but the challenge is saying no to good things so you can say yes to God’s best. At the end of the day, what if you managed to check off everything on your list but missed out on the things—and more importantly—the people that matter most?
