Sunday, I wrote out the 6 core beliefs that I'm trying to focus the next 10 years of my life around. Here they are:
- Anything worth doing will be hard.
- Do one thing at a time and one thing only.
- Where you spend your time is who you are.
- The most important people in my life are the most important thing in my life.
- Never let fear dictate anything.
- Money is a tool.
- Billionaire moments are everywhere.
Humans are not capable of multi-tasking. I know this because I've read it before. Yet still I persist in trying to do more than one thing at a time, as if I've taken some evolutionary leap and the rules don't apply to me.
My experience fits what I've read. When I try to do more than one thing at a time, I end up doing nothing. The biggest culprit for me is my phone. Literally, as I type these words, I want to grab it and read my Twitter feed. Basically anything that glows attracts me like a moth. Phone, TV, computer, all irresistible. Perhaps I'm a product of my generation, but I feel can only devote about 5 minutes to something before I seek distraction elsewhere.
To be more productive and achieve my lofty goals (which I'll post at the end of this series), I am trying to simply Do One Thing at a Time. It sounds simple, and it is. The benefits of focusing entirely on the task at hand are enormous. First of all, the task gets done . Second, living in the moment is the only logical way to live. We only get each moment, each minute, each day once. Why live it distracted?
When I look at all the things I wish I had more time for, writing and working out mainly, I sometimes wonder how much I could get done if I devoted all my phone time to one of those tasks instead. If I am normal for the millennial generation, it's arguable that I spend more time on my phone than doing any other particular thing throughout my day. That's sad. No one wants to look back at a life lived through a 2 inch by 5 inch screen.
It's hard to make new habits, and this has been my hardest habit to break. I'm trying to leave my phone in my pocket more, and better yet at home. I try to not mindlessly surf the web when I have work to do, or when I'm writing. I try to live entirely in the moment. It's not going to be easy, but more than anything else I attempt to do in the next 10 years of my life, doing one thing at a time will do the most to help me achieve my goals.
To be more productive and achieve my lofty goals (which I'll post at the end of this series), I am trying to simply Do One Thing at a Time. It sounds simple, and it is. The benefits of focusing entirely on the task at hand are enormous. First of all, the task gets done . Second, living in the moment is the only logical way to live. We only get each moment, each minute, each day once. Why live it distracted?
When I look at all the things I wish I had more time for, writing and working out mainly, I sometimes wonder how much I could get done if I devoted all my phone time to one of those tasks instead. If I am normal for the millennial generation, it's arguable that I spend more time on my phone than doing any other particular thing throughout my day. That's sad. No one wants to look back at a life lived through a 2 inch by 5 inch screen.
It's hard to make new habits, and this has been my hardest habit to break. I'm trying to leave my phone in my pocket more, and better yet at home. I try to not mindlessly surf the web when I have work to do, or when I'm writing. I try to live entirely in the moment. It's not going to be easy, but more than anything else I attempt to do in the next 10 years of my life, doing one thing at a time will do the most to help me achieve my goals.
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