Being busy does not mean you are necessarily being productive. I’m an independent contractor, so I set my own schedule. I go to the office whenever I want or need to. I mostly work at home these days. No matter what, it feels I am always running. My days and evenings are generally booked solid. But what do I have to show for it? Not always that much, really. That’s why the post “What Productivity Isn’t” by Cordelia Calls It Quits struck a chord with me,
Each day, you can only fit so many rocks (to dos) into the bucket, so if you keep filling it up with petty, unimportant little rocks, you’ll never get around the big rocks (i.e., the things that really matter). The way to approach life productively is to make sure all the big rocks get in the bucket first. Then, in whatever space is left over, you can try to fill in as many little rocks as you can. This is a concept I’m going to have to continually remind myself of throughout this mission to live more deliberately.
Me, too. What is important to you? Family? Friends? Church? Home? Figure it out and concentrate on making these “big rocks” your top priority. Everything else is just filler.
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