Time seems to speed up whenever I’m in the midst of contemplation. When I stop and think before I do. Not that it’s a bad thing to think before you act, but you eventually got to act. The longer you spend contemplating, the faster the time starts to get. Before you know it, the whole day can be missing. So know it before it happens. See what you have to do for the day and start one of them. Contemplate when you’re done, or when you need to. Not just because. There’s too much to do to go around wasting time.
Contemplation has its place, but too often it becomes a trap disguised as preparation. The longer you sit in the realm of “thinking it through,” the more it starts to erode your day without you even noticing. Action—any action—is what gives your thoughts shape. Without movement, all your ideas just echo in your head until the sun sets and nothing’s changed. Start with something, anything, and let momentum carry you. Thought becomes more meaningful when paired with motion.
