Kindle Notes & Highlights
Why are we looking for others to approve our choices and agree with our plans? Why are we living lives that don’t mean that much to us?
In order to have a life that will have meaning, you will have to find purpose in what you do.
You know you commit to way too much. The schedule you have keeps you rushing from one promise to another. You are constantly letting people down by showing up late and missing out on the relationships that you love. You are spread so thin that no one really knows you anymore. You don’t know yourself anymore. But you can’t say no, especially to something good.
The more I invested time, energy, and money, the more I would see a tighter focus for my own direction grow and corresponding results. That ended up leading me to figure out a way to get out. Finally.
“Many people think they lack motivation when what they really lack is clarity. It is not always obvious when and where to take action. Some people spend their entire lives waiting for the time to be right to make an improvement.”
—Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones by James Clear
We live a lot of life with a mental idea of what life should be, so much so that often we are not aware of what is going on in real life around us because we’re so caught up in notions in our mind.
These three parts are about isolating the real issue, so you address it accurately and specifically and all the while clear some of the chaos that comes with trying to make a decision in an already busy, decision-filled day (and life).
you are the only person who can determine what is right for you. There are all sorts of anxieties and concerns that come with getting ready to move in uncertain directions. In the end they won’t matter. Sure, you can take note of them, but if you want to head in your truest direction, then you will have to move through them.
if the journey isn’t worth the cost, then you may have missed the right focus.
all steps are steps and meant to be left behind.
We know that our time will come, and we don’t have to be completely full in order to give. This is like splitting a half of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with a friend, knowing you can grab something else later on. If you feel like you are starving, you’re never giving up a bite. But when you aren’t handcuffed by the sense of need, the opportunity to give freely rises up.
Generosity is about knowing you don’t have everything, don’t need everything, and being able to hand out what you are capable of and that being enough.
