have 72 hours left. So the question is this: how will you use those hours? I’ve got a little challenge for you: track how you spend your time for the next 24 hours. Here’s what I think you’ll find. There will be big chunks of time you’ll have spent sleeping, shopping, working, commuting, and so on. But you’ll also have a bunch of time that you won’t know how to categorize. Call it “slush” time or “I don’t know what I was doing” time. Now, here is a big moment of truth for all of us. There’s a wonderful little feature on many phones that tells you how many hours you spent on your screen each day. Some months ago, I was spending a lot of time on my phone, including playing
online Scrabble. Then I received my screen time report, and—I kid you not—I was averaging four hours a day on my phone! I thought, What am I doing on my phone for four hours a day ? Some of that was productive time, I’m sure, but the rest? Needless to say, I made some changes to reduce my daily screen time. Calculating what you spend your time doing each day can be a wonderful moment of truth for you. As the saying goes, if you want to know what’s important in your life, just look at how you spend your time. How you spend your time becomes your identity, and your identity determines your well-being. When you allow your time to slip away,
Take a minute to think about Melaleuca’s groundbreaking Mission Statement: to enhance the lives of those we touch by helping people reach their goals. SM Staying accountable is one of the secrets to reaching those goals! 2 Use your calendar to prioritize your time so you’re always moving toward your goal. I’ve got some math for you. We all know there are 365 days in a year. And, believe it or not, you have 168 hours in a week. So where does all the time go? If you work 40 hours a week, subtract that out. If you sleep 8 hours a night, that’s 56 hours a week. Subtract that out too. You
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