I didn’t learn so much in the past month as remember three things I already knew.
There is no TL;DR to this blog. You are a grown-up and you can read. What were you going to do in those four minutes you saved, anyway? Watch some stupid cat video?
Try this exercise, thinking of the 5-10 people with whom you spend the most of your time. I believe you’ll find it enlightening.
Why do some judo coaches, programmers and math teachers miss the obvious solutions? Because they are so focused on something else.
.You only have one life and you don’t owe it to any person or any cause to be miserable. Three reasons why setting boundaries is good for you and those around you.
Four days (so far) of the longest vacation of my life, has resulted in few epiphanies, other than that you
I’ve been working since I was 15 years old and have never had five days off in a row until now.
We’re all going to die in the end, so don’t sweat the small stuff, and live a little.
Sometimes, the obstacles to the life we want are barriers we put up ourselves. We are equally capable of taking those barriers down and walking away.
Some people get one job when they graduate and stay there 30 years. Some people never live more than 100 miles from where they were born. I’m not some people.
If you are doing your job and worth what they are paying you, or more, then you deserve to be treated with respect. You shouldn’t feel, “Just happy to be there.” If anyone treats you like that, don’t stand for it.
Although, you should probably take Maria’s advice and be a little adult about it.