Not all time is created equal.
Some time is used on useless tasks.
Some time is used for rest.
Some time is used for making money.
Some time is used for chores.
We make the mistake of equating time equally, but it is decidedly NOT EQUAL.
The minute you start getting that through your head, and planning accordingly, the better your life will be.
Place monetary value next to your tasks. Place value on how much things mean to you.
Then, work toward getting rid of useless tasks and low-value tasks aggressively and ruthlessly.
Stop treating all time as equal, when it is not so. One surefire way to burnout is doing too many low-value tasks and not enough high-value ones.
The only way to know which tasks are unnecessary is to actually price out the value of things.
I know, for instance, writing and resting are high value tasks for me. Writing makes me money. Napping helps me recover.
I value them highly, so much of my life revolves around them, not the other wa…
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