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You displayed a great way to section your time and plan. I would love to plan this way. However, I want to add a perspective that 24 hours are not the same for people who deal with chronic illness and pain. Much of the time in a day comes with working to feel better.

My main goal is to be healthier in my lifestyle because nothing else can get done effectively without my health improving. You talked about the real power of knowing what to devote our time to, which is true because distractions come so quickly and can consume much of our time. Because of what distractions do to our time, sometimes I am selfish with my time.

Focus and commitment can beat out talent because of the grit of being committed. Sometimes, when people are talented, they don't feel like they have to work as hard. I enjoyed reading your post, there are gems in it.

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This is a really cool idea for organizing and focusing attention. As I get older, though, a lot of youthful pursuits no longer fill the blocks of time. (I've given up my goal of hiking the PTC for example.) At 75, thank goodness, the list is honed. All the clutter has been removed, either by "already done" or "just can't go there." Now I can focus on three pursuits. Hooray! And thank you for giving me permission to accept that's a productive way to proceed.

BTW, where do you get your horizontal section dividers for your page? I've been foraging in clipart sources, but they don't make it easy (or cheap).

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