Daily Thoughts, Ideas & Experiences from Mark Adam Douglass
Would you rather someone spend time with you because it is their desire or because you attempted to guilt them into it?
Would you rather someone do something for you because it is their desire or because you attempted to guilt them into it?
Let your actions be your answer.
Islands above the sea
Looking down upon me
Without internal light
You appear dark and bright
You do not move with plates
Causing deathly earthquakes
With the wind you travel
Bringing your own trouble
Of lightning, hail and rain
Pleasure comes with the pain
Working with Sir Solar
Bringing every colour
To my eyes and my heart
I was writing a comment on a post today, and I rather enjoyed crafting it, so I thought I would share it with you:
I remember a time when I would blame everyone else for where I was in life, but then, I am not sure if it was sudden or gradual, but I started taking responsibility for myself, realising it was all up to me to make the changes, or even more so, to simply realise that almost every aspect of my life is a choice, and I need to make it rather than just do what everyone else does or just do what I have always done.
A rather long sentence, but I feel it sums up what I have to say.
Seth Godin is one of my biggest influences in writing and blogging, and the reason why I blog every single day.
But because his writing is such an influence, and provokes such thought, I have had to set myself a rule: I must not read Seth's blog post just before writing mine.
When I have done so in the past, I either can't focus on my writing because I am caught up thinking about what he said or all I can think to write is "Yeah, what Seth said."
Who is your biggest influence on your work, hobby, passion. pastime?
p.s. As soon as I hit publish on this post I am off to read Seth's post for the day.
In regard to my priority list, email has been knocked down a few rungs over the last month or so. This has been mostly beneficial, as it has enabled me to do some deep writing work which I have enjoyed immensely, and would not have been able to do with less email distractions.
The way I have been able to do this is by checking email on most days only once, and occasionally I have even gone a whole day without it
The downside has meant that I have been swamped in emails. This has been largely fixed by reducing some subscriptions, but it has meant that I am behind on reading great quality writings by friends of mine and also behind on replying to comments on my site.
So it seems that I have not got the balance right as of yet, but I am working on it, and as with almost every part of my life, it is a work in progress, with lots of subtle changes hear and there until I find the right mix. Email will move slightly up the priority list, but still stay low enough so that I can get some more deep writing work done in the near future.
Have you got your email in the right place in your priorities?