Picture a pie chart that represents your average 24-hour day. The average person spends 12 hours between work, travel, and preparation for the work day. Let’s say that the average person sleeps for six hours (although that is dependent on 100 factors, especially number of small children). That leaves 6 one-hour time slots for everything else in your life.
And here’s the point of today’s blog: what you choose to do with those 6 one-hour time slots will determine the person you become and will create your future lifestyle.
When the average person in America watches four hours of television a day, is it any wonder that the average person isn’t excited about life or ignited on fire for a purpose? Even if you don’t watch that much television, is it safe to say that a couple of those time slots are spent on our phone? Maybe social media, games, or something else… nothing “bad” per se, but nothing good either.
Unproductive time slots create an unproductive life. Time spent with idle hands and idle eyes on an idle screen are at best, wasted, and at worst, dangerous. I’m definitely not suggesting that we never rest or renew ourselves, but we should remember that “rest” implies “restoration” – idleness doesn’t restore. We should know what activities charge our batteries and spend time intentionally restoring our body, mind, and spirit.
What I have decided to fight for until the day I die is the principle that if you want to live a productive life that matters, you must learn to INVEST your time and your thoughts instead of SPENDING or WASTING your time and thoughts.
Every time slot matters – treat them like they actually do.
Chris Craft
The Soapbox 