“Someone once told me the definition of Hell: The last day you have on earth, the person you became will meet the person you could have become.”
-Anonymous
Every decision you make has an opportunity-cost. That is, taking one road precludes taking another; staking out one spot for your sand castle implies not building in another. The question that haunts the soul is: Did I choose the right spot?
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There once lived an old farmer atop a mountain carved with terraces. He grew rice and vegetables upon them, trading his surplus for any goods he might require or desire. Though he never left the terraced mountain, he received frequent visitors from the villages and towns below. They came from all over the country because they had heard that he knew the secret to happiness.
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Can you stand another optometry reference?
Get your eyes checked. There’s a reason your glasses or contact lens prescription expires after a year. Even if there is no change to your vision, you still need to visit your eye doctor every year to check on the health of your eyes. And it’s not just things like glaucoma or retinal tears; your optometrist may also catch the occasional tumor or hypertensive crisis if signs are present in the eyes.
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Keep 2 To-Do lists. One is for tasks you need to do today, the other for ongoing or less urgent tasks. On your Today list, try to cap it at 3 items or less, marking one as the most important that must be completed today. If you have trouble deciding which task is most important, let me tell you from personal experience: it’s the one you want to do the least. Everything else goes on your Ongoing to-do list.
The reason for 2 lists is to reduce the stress and turbidity associated with having to look through a 30-item monstrosity whenever you want to check what you have to do. Three is a more manageable number, and once these are crossed off, you can always do something else from your Ongoing list or just wait until tomorrow to add 3 more to the queue.
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