When you do less, you can rest more.
When you rest more, you’ll have more energy to do what’s hard.
When you do more of what’s hard, you’ll get ahead.
Don’t let people fool you into thinking you always have to do more—it’s a trap.
When you take your total energy and divide it amongst more tasks it equals less energy for all of the tasks: including (and most importantly) the hard ones.
And less energy for the hard tasks is how you fall behind.
Don’t fall for it.
Do less.
Or are you…
Lazy is usually a symptom; not a character trait.
Just as you might make time for learning…
So, too, should you make time for unlearning.
Adding knowledge is undoubtedly helpful…
But removing limiting beliefs and toxic thought patterns is liberating.
Rather than thinking about what you can ADD to your to-do list…
Think about what you can SUBTRACT.
The reality is… we do WAY too much stupid stuff every day.
And by eliminating more of the stupid stuff… VOILA—you’ll have more time for the not-stupid stuff.
Which is ultimately what we’re really after when we make to-do lists isn’t it?
Have you ever struggled and thought to yourself: “Why am I even complaining about this when millions have it SO much worse than me…”
Recognize that this is a toxic thought.
It essentially translates into: “My struggles are invalid and it’s wrong for me to feel how I do.”
…Which naturally leads to emotional suppression, message(s) ignoring, and a worsening of overall state. This is no way to solve a struggle.
Struggles are solved when you add confrontation (with the emotion(s)), subtract comparison, and give all of your feelings equal space to communicate the message(s) your body purposefully sent via them.
Telling yourself they’re wrong for being there doesn’t change the fact that they’re there.
Letting them fulfill their purpose—does. It allows them to move through you and out of your system—to wherever it is that fulfilled feelings go.
Send them there. Don’t deny, suppress, and exasperate them deeper inside, here.
Rather than looking at unpleasant emotions (e.g. anxiety, anger, upset) as burdens…
Look at them as powerful sources of fuel.
If you look closely at some of your favorite creations from throughout history… you might be surprised by how many were fueled by unpleasant emotions compared to those that were not.
Which begs the question… what might you be able to do/ create when your unpleasant emotions become fuel rather than weight?!
P.s. Here’s a short story about Frida Kahlo (as an example) and the unexpected gifts pain can provide.
In a world that’s constantly trying to get you to do addition:
Commit to doing more subtraction instead:
Addition, now more than ever, is the modern day toxin—and subtraction is the antidote.