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21 " Para cada día de una semana completa, planea una actividad de entre 10 y 20 minutos que involucre algo que te parezca disfrutable. Éstas son algunas opciones: Observar la puesta de sol. Sentarse en la terraza de una cafetería para tomar una buena taza de capuchino. Visitar una librería en tu hora de comida. Ir a pasear a un parque cercano. "
― Laura Vanderkam , Off the Clock: Feel Less Busy While Getting More Done
22 " Conscious fun takes effort. This seeming paradox—Why should fun be work?—stops us in our tracks. So we overindulge in effortless fun (scrolling through Instagram posts about dinner parties), and underindulge in effortful fun (throwing a dinner party ourselves). But “although minutes spent in boredom or anxiety pass slowly,” writes Grudin, “they nonetheless add up to years which are void of memory. "
23 " As with the principals tracking their time, it is this second step, envisioning how a schedule could look, and the third step, holding yourself daily to this design, that leads to time freedom. "
24 " Constantly minding time is more challenging than letting it slip unnoticed into the past. It is also never done. "
25 " We seized the opportunity to take a grown-ups-only hiking trip in Acadia National Park. "
26 " Rich memories can expand time both as they are being created and in the rearview mirror. "
27 " This is all true, and yet not really an argument against ownership. It is easy to believe our own excuses, particularly if they’re good ones, but in a world of 7 billion people, there is always someone facing Y who is doing X. All of us have to assess the plot of life we are allotted every twenty-four hours and figure out how we can make the most of what we’ve been given. "
28 " A better question when asked to take on something in the future: "Would I do this tomorrow? "
29 " Calling something "work" doesn't make it a more noble use of time than anything else. Work that doesn't advance you toward the life you want is still wasted time. "
30 " En la encuesta sobre la percepción, la gente que estuvo muy de acuerdo con la frase “Ayer usé mi tiempo para hacer actividades que me hacen feliz” era 20% más propensa a estar de acuerdo con la noción de que, en general, tenía más tiempo para las cosas que quería hacer en la vida. La gente con calificaciones dentro del 20% superior invierte una proporción mayor de su tiempo en actividades que se sabe que mejoran el estado de ánimo —ejercicio, actividades de reflexión, interacción con los amigos y la familia—, en relación con la gente en el 20% inferior, que pasa más tiempo en internet y viendo la televisión, actividades que brindan un tipo de placer que no le sirve de gran cosa a nadie a la larga. "
31 " First, people who feel like they have enough time are exceedingly mindful of their time. They know where the time goes. They accept ownership of their lives and think through their days and weeks ahead of time. They also reflect on their lives, figuring out what worked and what didn’t. They build adventures into their lives. They do this even on a normal March Monday, knowing that rich memories can expand time both as they are being created and in the rearview mirror. They scrub their lives of anything that does not belong there. This includes self-imposed time burdens, such as constant connectivity, that clog time for no good reason. Indeed, one of the most striking findings of my survey was the gap in estimated phone checks per hour between people who felt relaxed about time and those who felt anxious. "
32 " Do not worry. You have always written before and you will write now. "
33 " It is not a terrible thing to love the world, knowing that the world is always passing and irrecoverable, to be known only in loss. To love anything good, at any cost, is a bargain.” Holding "
34 " El dolor puro y completo es tan imposible como la dicha pura y completa”. "
35 " Les dije que debían lograr que su vida fuera memorable, que hicieran algo memorable todos los días porque ésa era la única manera de impedir que el tiempo se les escapara de entre las manos. "
36 " This requires incredible mindfulness. It requires deciding, in a busy life, to give people the attention they deserve. That is a splendid choice; in general, people are an excellent use of time. "
37 " Despite the usual reputation of self-help, the truth is that most self-help readers already have their lives together. People pick up books on time management because their lives are good, and yet they can see in that goodness that there is space for even more wonder. "