Just as time-outs are called in sports, you need to take time-outs in your life in order to be present. If you don’t take time to sharpen the saw, as author Stephen Covey suggests, your productivity decreases. There must be gaps in the busyness, ideally every ninety minutes throughout the day, and one full day every seven days—no work, projects, shopping, or anything on the to-do list. And one full year every seven years (I’m overdue).
