When scrolling a social media feed become one of these priorities, what you need is good sleep instead because when your will power is low, it really means you are not getting enough Zz.
How to Juggle Priorities (2023)
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#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
Typically there are three throws per second. Communication latency to stakeholders is too low while juggling to achieve desired goal.
Yeah but only in earth gravity. Depending on your remote work location things change substantially, though I’m not sure exactly how in your mixed metaphor.
Remote work is like juggling scarves -- especially if there are more than a few time zones in between. Things can stay in the air a bit longer which also can mean juggling more.. and moving your hands twice as fast.
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#23Honestly this is stupid, if you want to have integrity the answer is to have less balls in the air.
That is a bad idea. Some of those balls in the air are things you should be doing but can skip. Exercise is a perfect example - we all know that it is important for good health, but it is also something that if you skip a day here and there it is okay (just don't let one day skipped lead to a week). Similarly I practice my musical instruments, but I often skip that when something else comes up, but I have no interest…
Fulfilling for some. A system without slack is a brittle system.
I really have nothing more to say but I manage to find slack, and when life throws me a new ball to juggle I can deal with it, and use the spare time, energy, and focus to deal with them properly -- rather than become winded, stressed, and pressed.
I have always tried to find fulfillment with less, rather than more. The people I see zipping around from thing to thing have superficial and shallow experiences. Then they end up being superficial and shallow people. Chicken or egg?
However, nothing is more irritating than having to personally deal with the "zippies," high on whatever stimulant (caffeine, nicotine, amphetamine, etc.) so they can have the "energy" to "deal" with life's "responsibilities."
There's something to be said about work ethic, being able to push yourself to your limits, and balance on the razor's edge -- there is something special in that. However, lacking any sort of overarching focus is a much more common and base state of being. "More must always be done!" Yet they haven't taken any time to step back and reflect if what they're doing is even worth anything -- even the ancient generals figured that out.
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
What does this even mean? Especially the first bit
3 throws per second is the rate of action required to perform juggling literally. The implication is that communicating between the miss that causes the fall and the event of dropping the ball must happen in less than 1 second. Translating back to the metaphor, communicating that the ball is being dropped before it hits the ground is a task as hard as the juggling itself.
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
That is a bad idea. Some of those balls in the air are things you should be doing but can skip. Exercise is a perfect example - we all know that it is important for good health, but it is also something that if you skip a day here and there it is okay (just don't let one day skipped lead to a week). Similarly I practice my musical instruments, but I often skip that when something else comes up, but I have no interest…
Fulfilling for some. A system without slack is a brittle system. I really have nothing more to say but I manage to find slack, and when life throws me a new ball to juggle I can deal with it, and use the spare time, energy, and focus to deal with them properly -- rather than become winded, stressed, and pressed. I have always tried to find fulfillment with less, rather than more. The people I see zipping around from…
What about how I described music practice isn't slack?
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
Fulfilling for some. A system without slack is a brittle system. I really have nothing more to say but I manage to find slack, and when life throws me a new ball to juggle I can deal with it, and use the spare time, energy, and focus to deal with them properly -- rather than become winded, stressed, and pressed. I have always tried to find fulfillment with less, rather than more. The people I see zipping around from…
What about how I described music practice isn't slack?
It's an inefficient allocation, in my view. I consider exercise (and a few other things) to be necessary to sustainably perform at a certain level.
I don't see them as merely enriching things, but necessary things in order to maintain my spirit (body, mind, and soul). In the vein, they gain priority over everything else. If life comes to a point where I have to sacrifice the things that keep me going (say for instance sleep, food, sunlight, and social interaction; for you it might be family), then I must figure out how to get rid of the other "balls" ASAP with the least amount of cost. And once that's taken care of, were they really that important if they're so easily disposed of?
If you lose your spirit, or let it wither by a thousand cuts a la burnout, what do you have left?
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah but only in earth gravity. Depending on your remote work location things change substantially, though I’m not sure exactly how in your mixed metaphor.
Remote work is like juggling scarves -- especially if there are more than a few time zones in between. Things can stay in the air a bit longer which also can mean juggling more.. and moving your hands twice as fast.
And then also having the time to put those scarves in the laundry.
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#30I once read somewhere that, “Life is Tetris, Businesses are Chess.” And so, for some, you also play Chess trying to fit in the non-stop flow of the Tetriminos of life.