Doing More is About Subtracting

Have you noticed that the word more is elusive?

Especially when partnered with the word should.

I should exercise more. I should eat more vegetables. I should sleep more.

I should __________ more.

(How would you finish this sentence?)

More is never satisfied.  More has no definable boundaries, so it is never full.

If I tell myself, I should exercise more, and then go to the gym five days that week, I can still feel like I've come up short, because the goal is not measurable.

If, on the other hand, I have a goal that states: I will walk the dog every day and work out a minimum of two days this week, I know whether or not I've accomplished that goal.

Currently, I am trying to figure out a writing schedule. By keeping a journal of when I write, how much I write and how long I write, I am creating some writing goals. Interestingly, I have noticed that my exercise time has suffered because I like to write in the morning when I first get up and that is when I used to exercise. (I'm still trying to figure this out.)

Which reminds me of an important point:

We think that more comes with addition, but it is only successful with subtraction.

We cannot keep adding more and more to an already full calendar. We need to subtract in order to do more.

What goals are you working on?

1. How is it measurable?

2. What are you subtracting?

-from my archives