Random Musings. . .by Kui Gathua

  “ Where your attention goes, your time goes. ” ~ Idowu Koyenikan Today I’m delivering a shocking reminder – there are only 5 days to the end of January 2024! [Gasp] As of midnight last night, 600 hours of 2024 had been spent. [Gasp, gasp] You can work backward to determine how much time you spent sleeping, eating, commuting, waiting, scrolling . . . you get the point. Usually, what we call ‘free time’ can better be called ‘unmanaged time’ which is defined as time that is not organized, controlled, or directed by external influences. It is time that is not subject to strict schedules, plans, or supervision. Can you think of any such periods in your day? What happens during such periods? I’m reading a chapter titled ‘Recapturing My Time’ by Gordon MacDonald, in Ordering Your Private World. He talks about 4 laws of unmanaged time that I will share with you today. Law 1 – Unmanaged time flows toward my weaknesses. According to Gordon, we invest a huge amount of ou...

  “ One step is better than no steps. ” ~ Rebecca Brockway   I ended the year with 2 pending projects – a mat and a sweater. I had barely laid the pattern for the mat and chosen the wool but the sweater was well on its way to half-point until I stopped to take measurements and realized I’d been off course for a while. it had to be undone. [Sob sob] Hence, as I began the year and set out my creative project goals, I had to make a decision. I decided to work on what was already laid out and complete one project at a time. That seems to have been the easy part. Getting started and making progress is the crux of the matter. Here is what it has taken to make progress, 19 days into the new year: commitment, consistency, labor, and celebration. I committed to do something every day to move the project forward. Whether it is the actual weaving or preparing the wool for the weaving, no matter what the task, I have to do something every day towards the completion of the projec...

  “ Push yourself to do more and to experience more. Harness your energy to start expanding your dreams. Yes, expand your dreams. Don’t accept a life of mediocrity when you hold such infinite potential within the fortress of your mind. Dare to tap into your greatness. ” ~ Robin Sharma I’m always looking forward to a series of messages Robin Sharma puts out at the beginning of the year. He’s been my mentor for many years and I always look forward to what he has to say as a guidepost for the beginning of the year. Between January 1 st and 5 th 2024, he sent a bunch of gems that I’ll be gleaning from as today’s musings. Here we go! Of the 24 supreme habits he suggested for 2024, I picked 5 that spoke to me: §   Rise with the sun and spend an hour praying, reading, and running. §   Read for an hour each evening. §   Make deep sleep a priority. §   Be the most enthusiastic student in your field. §   End every creative project better than you ...