Every afternoon, between 2-3pm, I:
- Put on noise-cancelling headphones
- Sit quietly into my posture-correcting chair
- Sip on a scorching cup of black coffee
- Read, re-read, think, re-think, stare at blank pages…
- And write
And it’s one of my favorite hours of my day.
Not because of what gets done… but because of how much reward comes from the moments themselves within the hour.
I feel this way about my time spent teaching, practicing martial arts, playing basketball, dancing at music shows, conversing with my favorite people…
These are the things we should be packing our days with—the things we don’t want to end.
I dread the day when I won’t be able to do even one of the above mentioned activities… because this is how I’m most enjoying spending my life’s time.
And today’s reminder is simple: don’t get so caught up in trying to finish, trying to be done, in being “productive”, in being “efficient”, or in getting to whatever is next that you forget to enjoy the reward that comes from doing your favorite things right here in the now.