September 2

Have you ever been let go from a job or laid up in the hospital for an extended period of time? Maybe you have just done time? Or perhaps the world falls into a pandemic, and your life and plans are put on hold. How did/do you handle it? Where do you apply your focus in times like that? Do you complain and wait it out or do you adapt and move forward? What can you do to put this time and space to good use? Do you get busy living, or do you get busy dying? The author Robert Greene defines our behavior at these times as “alive time or dead time.”* Do you make the most of your time, or do you waste it? Do you look for opportunities before you or choose to make less with what you’re given? It is your choice.

Reflections

When have you used your time unwisely? What could you have done differently during that time instead?

Daily Challenge

Make a list of things you would like to learn. Then, keep that list handy the next time you are confronted with the choice of “alive time or dead time.”

* https://youtu.be/IaKT9Ph8ChU and https://youtu.be/V2mvgmR7vp8