98% Of Your Life Is Spent on Things That Don’t Matter

Here is the 2% of what actually does!

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For the past few weeks, I have been feeling anxious and overwhelmed by all the projects I want to complete and the goals I want to accomplish.

It’s been the classic case of too much to do and not enough time to do it in.

At the start of this week, while looking at the giant list of all the things I wanted to get done, I had a minor epiphany:

My work isn’t going anywhere. There will always be tons to do and new stuff I want to do.

And therein lies the problem with constantly living with a hustle mindset: at times, it feels like you’re one step away from a meltdown.

Fighting against the illusion of a ticking clock is a losing battle.

Then I was reminded of the opening line to the book “The Only Thing That Matters” by Neale Donald Walsch, which I came across the night before:

“98% of the world’s people are spending 98% of their time on things that don’t matter.”

So I decided to break this down:

1. If our to-do list will never ever fully get completed and most likely compound in size. And…