It is not easy to make every day count.
There are some things that you should do that are easier not to do and vegetating on the couch watching a never ending display of soccer, basketball, baseball and tennis is less strenuous than making the day count. That is not to say that watching Steph Curry make extraordinary superhuman basketball shots is not relevant and does not count because it does in some circles. However, I have learned that with all the advertising timeouts, I can send emails, read documents and update my calendar while I vegetate on sandwiches of sports and that this activity helps to make the TV time and hence the day count.
At a recent event, I was preaching the benefits of daily journaling. A person spoke up and explained that he had tried journaling, but kept failing to make it a daily habit. He recognized the benefits of journaling and asked me how could he acquire the habit of daily journaling? I suggested he journal and commit to send/email his daily journal to a friend and ask his friend to acknowledge receipt of the daily journal. Often a commitment you make to someone else is more difficult to break than a commitment you make to yourself. In other words, commit to others the things you wish to do and you will be naturally motivated to not let them down.
One of my mentors told me more than 40 years ago, tell your friends your goals, articulate your objectives, print them on posters by your desk and paste them to your bathroom mirror. Make a 11x17 poster titled "Journal Today" and paste it on your bathroom mirror and on the door of your closet. It works.
Intimidate yourself until you respond.
It is not easy to make every day count, but your days are numbered anyway, whether you make them count or not.
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