There are few books I reread. The book Essentialism by Greg McKeown comes back onto my radar usually after I have listened to Tsh Oxenreider from THE ART OF SIMPLE talk about it.
This book requires me to think about my actions and why I make the decisions I do especially when it comes to how I spend my time. There is often a gap between what my responsibilities are and what I want to do. There is also a category of the things I should do because someone expects me to. This is the area I am really looking at for the upcoming school year. I have made a big decision about doing what I deem essential and also managing my schedule and time differently.
I have a choice about how I spend my time. At school, I want to spend my time on the actions that I can get the most bang for my buck and make the most impact with my teachers. I cannot do everything even though my TYPE A personality whispers to me in quiet moments that I can.
I stopped celebrating just being busy for busy sake and my stress levels went down.
Over the next couple of days these questions from the book will be on my mind:
- What do I feel deeply inspired by?
- What am I particularly talented at?
- What meets a significant need in the world?
The next right thing for me and my time is on my mind. What are you thinking about for the fall?
I reread, so I keep all my books leaving my bookcases overflowing. I’m rereading chapters of ‘Transform Your Life’ by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso at the moment for some self healing.
I’ve nominated you for a 3.2.1 Quote Me challenge, today’s topic being Hope 🙂
http://familyfurore.com/2018/07/18/3-2-1-quote-me-hope
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I will have to check that book out!!! Thank you!
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I’m sure you’ll get a lot out of it! It’s one of those books you can read from front to back or pick and choose a chapter. Let me know what you think after you’ve read it 🙂
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I love to reread my favorites all the time. I am trying though to do my best to read some new books instead of always rereading a handful of my favorites ha 🙂
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It takes so much time and there are so many books to read!
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Thank you for this food for thought. There is always so much on our plate. I need to make time to answer for myself.
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I love that book! And I love thinking about how it connects to teaching. I often feel overwhelmed by the number of things that I could be doing better, but I know it’s in my best interest to focus on a few things and spend a year targeting those.
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Three more great questions!
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That sounds like a good book.
I reread a lot of books, in fact I don’t just read books, I study the content, messages and lessons taught in books.
I see a lot of problems in the world that I believe could be solved have the right knowledge applied in the right way.
I read books that I believe can help me see the solution to the problems I see in the world around me.
Of course I am also looking for the solutions to solve the problems I have in my own life and I believe other people are also struggling with the same problems.
So rereading books is normal for me, I now get most books on audio so I can also listen to the books over and over again to try and make the knowledge in the books a permanent part of my creative thinking.
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You mentioned fall, it’s my birthday (in September) and it’s my favorite season. The season that shows us just how beautiful change can really be.
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