Many individuals typically sleep for approximately seven to eight hours every night, leaving them with around 16 to 17 waking hours each day, which equates to roughly 1,000 minutes.
Consider these 1,000 minutes as 100 distinct 10-minute blocks, which is what you start your day with.
You allocate 10 minutes of your life to each block throughout the day until you exhaust all your blocks, indicating it’s time to sleep.
Reflect on how you utilize the 100 blocks you receive daily. Consider how many blocks contribute to enhancing your future versus those reserved for leisure. Evaluate how many blocks are shared with others and how many are for solo time. Assess the blocks employed for creation versus those for consumption. Determine the distribution of blocks between focusing on the body, mind, or for neither specifically. Identify your preferred and least favored blocks during the day.
Imagine these blocks displayed on a grid, each designated with a particular purpose.
Contemplate every possible activity in terms of block value. For instance, cooking dinner may consume three blocks while ordering in requires zero—which option holds more value for you? Decide whether dedicating a block to 10 minutes of meditation daily is significant. Assess if reading for 20 minutes nightly, equating to an additional 15 books annually, deserves two blocks. If your leisure activity is playing video games, determine the value you assign to enjoyment before allocating blocks. Meeting a friend for a drink post-work utilizes approximately 10 blocks. Assess how frequently you wish to allocate 10 blocks for this purpose and with whom. Identify blocks that are non-negotiable in their assigned purpose and those that are more flexible. Consider which blocks can remain unassigned with no specific purpose.
Envision a similar grid where each block signifies your activities from the previous day.
The key question to consider is: How do these two grids differ from each other, and why?
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Tip: You can print the above grid by clicking on it.
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As we contemplate this:
Your entire lifespan depicted on a grid.
A stark representation.
If you are holding a printed grid, this could be a useful post to read first.
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