Open letter: Time is priceless
This morning I was listening to a talk about how creatives should be careful about taking other people's time and when I sat down to write this newsletter, I thought about how amazing is that YOU are taking your time to be here
This year, in particular, made us realize how valuable is the way we decide to spend our lives, who is worth talking to, where is worth going, what is worth listening to, who is worth following, what is worth watching, which meeting is worth attending, and what is worth being part of in general.
As our lives got restricted, we were pushed to make this wide reevaluation. Time is the most essential part of any process. You live through certain things before understanding them. Happy accomplishments exist next to painful memories. Time is also knowledge.
Life is happening right now, don't waste your power on things that will not give anything back. Are you happy in your job? Are you content in your relationship? Are you smiling reading this thinking about how are you spending your days? This is a reminder to make you think deeply about it. It's not only about happiness because to be happy is a state of mind, not a constant mood. If you are not learning or taking something out of it, rethink it.
I have a 3 steps challenge for you:
1. Make a pizza chart showing your time divided by work, friends, family, you, boyfriend/girlfriend | E.g.: 25% family, 50% work, 5% friends, 5% you and 10% love
2. Look at the pizza chart and draw a new one with your ideal world
3. Write down a piece of advice for yourself to remember what things you should start/change to be better with the way you spend your time in 2021, preferably in a place where you don't forget or through it away, like the notes on your phone.
Time is where you decide to spend your energy.
And it is priceless.
Sincerely living a great hair day,
Marina Marques
