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047 Considering wisdom
A weekly newsletter from BobBarnardnm.com
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Please share this with your friends so we can encourage others to consider wisdom.
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Thoughts on the intersection of Society/Culture, Productivity/You, and Wisdom/Knowledge.
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Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom – and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech. Benjamin Franklin
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My WEEK
The best way to describe the last two weeks is out of control. I averaged three days of zoom and in-person meetings and barely kept up with the have-to-dos for others. Hence no newsletter. I hope this coming week things will return to normal, and I can return to my regular writing schedule. This newsletter is step one. How has your year begun?
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Considering Wisdom.
Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace. Robert J. Sawyer
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The chaos of our lives causes stress and overwhelm. Many wisdom quotes point out, as does Robert Sawyer that we must get in control of ourselves to find inner peace, a stress-free existence, and the ability to get the right things done. A part of this is learning to know what to ignore. As much as I would like to, I can’t do everything that comes up. I’m sure you have the same problem.
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We are all human and want to do what others want. But you can’t. Life is too short to do only what everyone else wants. Unfortunately, I haven’t learned to say no and ignore others, but it is time I learned. I don’t have to attend every meeting or zoom conference. None of us are indispensable. So, today my primary task is attending a Rotary Club meeting 70 miles away. Tomorrow it will be to golf with my friends. Then I can work on taxes, budgets, etc.
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Since I can’t say no, my solution has been to reframe my life into days of tasks and not worry about the rest. I do this by getting up each morning and looking at the opportunities, a euphemism for daily functions, and deciding what I will do. Keeping in mind how much energy I have that day. Then I ignore the rest. They won’t go away, but they are out of my head for the day. This seems to work for now if I know my priorities. Let me know how you handle this in your life. How do you control your chaos?
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1. Do you check and reflect on your day to find those things you can ignore in the future?
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2. Are they things you have added to your life?
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3. Were they added by others?
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4. What happens if you ignore them?
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1. List all the things you do regularly in your life that you can ignore.
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2. Check the ones you don’t want to do.
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3. Let the people involved know you aren’t doing them anymore.
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