It’s an interesting dilemna. If we have extra time, we slowly fill it up until we no longer have time for anything that’s not critically important.
Worse still, if you don’t have any extra time then you probably are deeming lots of things as “unimportant” even though they are critical to your continued growth and development.
Case in point: I haven’t really read any books or studied much Spanish in a while. I’ve been “too busy”.
It’s so critical to be deliberate in the use of your time, and I think most people put so little effort into it. It’s no wonder why most people are constantly stressed and totally unproductive.
If you’re putting out fires all day, you’re going to be stressed.
I’ve definitely been guilty of this to a large extent lately, and I need to be really careful and intentional about everything so I can reclaim it.
Apparently I was so stressed I didn’t remember that I had written the exact same blog post (but better) just 10 months earlier.
https://brianthomasjohnson.com/when-we-dont-have-time-we-waste-it-when-we-do-we-fill-it/