It's About Time.

THINKING YELLOW

Yellow is creative from a mental aspect, the colour of new ideas, helps us to find new ways of doing things. It is the practical thinker, not the dreamer. It is the best colour to create enthusiasm for life and can awaken greater confidence and optimism.

"If you’re lost, don’t try to figure it out—activate your life force instead.” Phil Stutz

Jonah Hill recently released a documentary on Netflix about his therapist, a quietly-spoken but impactful man named Phil Stutz, and the treatment he offers his patients in order for them to lead happier lives.

“Life Force”, for example, asks patients to work on the core tenants of physical health, our relationship with ourselves and our relationship with others, with the theory that once those houses are in order, wading through the muddy waters of what else is bothering us becomes far easier.

Body. Focus on quality sleep, diet, and fitness.

People: Develop strong connections, community, and relationships.

Yourself: Fostering a relationship with your unconscious and the way to do it is by writing.

A must-watch this weekend, check out the trailer here.

THE STONECUTTERS BLOCK

When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the 100 & First blow, it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before.” Jacob Riis

"People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing." Dale Carnegie

Four out of five adults report feeling that they have too much to do and not enough time to do it. These time-poor people experience less joy each day. They laugh less. According to Ashley Whillans, author of Time Smart, these people are less healthy, and far less productive.

Here are her three tips for how you can better approach managing your time.

1. Do a time audit. For a few days, keep a careful log of your major activities—work, leisure, running errands—as well as how long you spent on each one and how you felt. Note the activities that bring you the most positive mood and meaning. This will give you two pieces of information: how much you are working (to make denial impossible), and what you like to do when you aren’t working (to make recovery more attractive).
2. Schedule your downtime. Workaholics tend to marginalize nonwork activities as “nice to have,” and thus crowd them out with work. This is how the 14th hour of work, which is rarely productive, displaces an hour you might have spent with your children. Block off time in your day for nonwork activities, just as you do for meetings.
3. Programme your leisure. Don’t leave those downtime slots too loose. Unstructured time is an invitation to turn back to work, or to passive activities that aren’t great for well-being, such as scrolling social media or watching television. You probably have a to-do list that is organized in priority order. Do the same with your leisure, planning active pastimes you value. If you enjoy calling your friend, don’t leave it for when you happen to have time—schedule it and stick to the plan.

QUESTION TIME

Questioning techniques are important because they can stimulate learning, develop the potential to think, drive clear ideas, stir the imagination, and incentive to act.

1. What has been the best hour of your week? How can you make it easier to have more hours like that?