Comments on: What Would Grandma Try To Get Done? http://www.mygrandmawasgreen.com/2008/07/07/what-would-grandma-try-to-get-done/ Examining the past in order to learn to live more sustainably and simply in the present. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:36:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Karen Ruis http://www.mygrandmawasgreen.com/2008/07/07/what-would-grandma-try-to-get-done/#comment-44 Karen Ruis Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:52:07 +0000 http://www.mygrandmawasgreen.com/?p=62#comment-44 April, I love the sentences: My frantic pace makes me feel disconnected from the details of my own life. I am no good for myself and no good for others when I live this way. I want to know what I am doing and why I am doing it. This is so important to all our mental and physical health issues. Thank you for the reminder of that this morning.. Karen April, I love the sentences: My frantic pace makes me feel disconnected from the details of my own life. I am no good for myself and no good for others when I live this way. I want to know what I am doing and why I am doing it.
This is so important to all our mental and physical health issues.
Thank you for the reminder of that this morning..
Karen

]]> By: Drew Kime http://www.mygrandmawasgreen.com/2008/07/07/what-would-grandma-try-to-get-done/#comment-43 Drew Kime Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:13:10 +0000 http://www.mygrandmawasgreen.com/?p=62#comment-43 Tim Ferris, author of The Four Hour Workweek talks about the low-information diet. http://www.changethis.com/34.04.LowInfo The basic idea is that there is more going on in the world than we can possibly know about. If you "solve" this by figuring out how to know more, you burn out. He proposes intentionally cutting out sources of information from your day. If you don't know about it, you can't miss it. Your post sounds exactly the same. There's just too much to do. As long as we're willing to spend all day in the car, we convince ourselves we're able to do it all. We can't. I know there will always be exceptions. But it seems to me if you plan on doing the laundry on Monday, and it's something that usually takes you all day, you can't accept last minute invitations. When is the last time you told a friend, "Nope, sorry, I'm busy today"? And what you were busy with was chores? Tim Ferris, author of The Four Hour Workweek talks about the low-information diet. http://www.changethis.com/34.04.LowInfo

The basic idea is that there is more going on in the world than we can possibly know about. If you “solve” this by figuring out how to know more, you burn out. He proposes intentionally cutting out sources of information from your day. If you don’t know about it, you can’t miss it.

Your post sounds exactly the same. There’s just too much to do. As long as we’re willing to spend all day in the car, we convince ourselves we’re able to do it all. We can’t.

I know there will always be exceptions. But it seems to me if you plan on doing the laundry on Monday, and it’s something that usually takes you all day, you can’t accept last minute invitations. When is the last time you told a friend, “Nope, sorry, I’m busy today”? And what you were busy with was chores?

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