I know the idea of a Positivity Blog sounds a bit hokey but I found myself really appreciating this article about that touches on the Pareto Principle or the 80/20 rule. According to blogger Henrik Edberg, it means basically that you only get 80 percent of the value you derive from 20 percent of the activities you engage in. This could be a depressing a thought or a valuable one, depending on where you're coming from. I'd like to think it will remind me to take advantage of the time you're given and spend it wisely. But value doesn't just have to mean productivity ...right? I may climbing a different branch or a whole different tree, but here's the lesson as I see it. When you're watching a movie, enjoy it, when you're listening to a song, give it your attention, when your working on a project, treat it like it's more than just a task, and when you're with a friend, be with that friend not the friend on the phone or the problem in your head. If this were possible, then our time really would be precious and we'd feel better at the end of every day.
And for boring tasks that seem to really have no value like washing dishes (Though I do have one crazy friend, she lives in BK and I braid her hair on the subway, yup just like her mom did when she was 5, anyway she says she finds doing dishes relaxing. ) The solution for these tasks is called batching. #3. Check it!
Also check out #8 Assume rapport. This is considered one of the best ways to have less awkward conversations when you first meet someone. Hmm... so I guess that's what those people wearing the Free Hugs signs were thinking.
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The great rock star Warren Zevon sat with David Letterman after having been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. Letterman asked Zevon if there was anything he understood now, facing his own mortality, that he didn't before. Zevon captured the spirit of your post with this pithy sentence:
"Just how much you're supposed to enjoy every sandwich."
As your post conveys, we can all adopt this philosophy today, and not wait till the waning days of life.
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