Take Care Of Yourself

“Dear friend, I hope all is well with you and that you are as healthy in body as you are strong in spirit.” 3 John 1:2 NLT

The world is full of performance-driven cultures, the hustle mentality and the “sleep is for lazy people” group. Because the earth rotates and revolves, we feel that should be the same for us – always moving.

While it’s a good thing to ensure you’re always making progress, it’s also important to understand the effect of time on our very existence.

We hurry because we don’t have much time. We pack tasks in our day because we feel 24 hours isn’t enough. Just the other day, I was in the car with a mentor and he complained about how 24 hours was never enough because he always has so much to do. He started talking about tasks he had on his plate for the next month. I just smiled because I could relate.

I had to help him set up the Google Tasks app on his android device so he could do a brain dump of everything he needed to do on the app, thus freeing up his mind. I also encouraged him to try setting a time for each task and focusing first on the urgent and important ones. These were just productivity hacks that helped me.

After the conversation, I marvelled because I realised how much I’ve grown. I was in his shoes some months back but the strategies I shared with him have helped me stay sane.

The body is limited by time and ages with time. When we fail to adopt biohacks, productivity hacks and all the other hacks you can think of, time speeds up. The cells age faster, 24 hours ceases to be sufficient and we have less opportunity to be all God wants us to be. I’ve cycled through several hacks over the years and they all have their benefits.

If you already get enough sleep, the idea isn’t to sleep more. If you hate working, the idea isn’t to work less. The last thing you want to do is work against the principles of success. Instead, understand your body, your assignment, and your time, and put a structure to manage all of that.

Read up articles and books, leverage apps, exercise or change your diet so that you have a better chance at becoming all you’re meant to be. May we all live long.