So I did what I thought was the best at the time:
I worked more.
I thought that if I stopped spending time with my friends and locked myself away to work, I could eventually crawl my way out.
Before I knew it, endless work became my life and it took a heavy toll.
Within a few months of this “endless work vortex,” my girlfriend broke up with me, my stress levels shot through the roof, my friends seemed to forget who I was, and my business started declining.
And That Wasn’t Even The Worst Part:
The worst part was that I had NO idea how I could even begin to turn things around.
I didn’t have time to figure out how to make more time…
… yet all I wanted was something simple:
I wanted my life back.
But because time was slipping through my fingers, I didn’t have enough time to sleep, nonetheless do the activities I wanted to!
Desperate for an answer, my head started spinning with an endless list of questions.
- How can I get myself to sit down and focus on important things for once instead of doing things that just seem productive?
- What can I do to spend less time on unimportant things like chores and cooking so I can do things that move me forward?
- How can I continue to push through when I’m surrounded by lazy people who slow me down?
- Even if I did have time to research productivity, how can I put to work all the information I learned?
- After a long day of work, I just want to relax for a change… how can I get the motivation and energy to get myself back on track?
Though it all seemed impossible, I knew that continuing down the path I was on wasn’t sustainable.
I had no choice:
I had to figure it out.