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Kiran Blackwell's avatar

Love this passage: "The challenge is separating what doesn’t matter to you so that you can prioritise what does. The sooner you face that task, the sooner you can live simply and peacefully in the now, knowing that you are pursuing what matters while the rest is just noise you are unbothered by."

This is so true. A long time ago I read a book called "Getting Past OK" by Richard Brodie, which had some great exercises to discern your priorities (or "core needs" as he called them) based on how you've actually lived your life as well as hopes and aspirations. I found all that so clarifying that I expanded on his basic method in a book called "Finding Focus" (that I published on lulu.com as Kraig Brockschmidt--DM me is you'd like a free PDF copy).

Knowing what matters really does simplify so much of life, whether it be choosing a candy bar or making much more significant life decisions, like starting a family, changing jobs/retiring, changing homes, choosing where to travel, making big purchases, etc. I know it's saved me a lot of grief for most of my adult life.

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Niall McGivern's avatar

I'm grateful that the passage resonated, Kraig! Good on you for writing a book. Feel free to share it via a DM :)

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Kiran Blackwell's avatar

Will do. And anyone else reading this comment is welcome to ask as well.

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Shanjitha's avatar

Choosing the chocolate bar is more harder now than as a kid, isn’t it? I reflected how I stand in front of the refrigerator aisle, staring too long and choosing one and doubting if I chose the right one for me. God, I don’t even know if I’m still talking about chocolate. Thanks for being my muse today. Gonna do some reflection.

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Niall McGivern's avatar

Thank you, Shanjitha! I'm happy this message prompted reflection. Hopefully, you get some insight :)

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Riley Reign's avatar

Thanks so much for sharing my story in your LVN project, Niall!

It was such a joy to write & even more so to see how it’s resonating with others.

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Niall McGivern's avatar

Thanks for sharing your nugget of wisdom with us :)

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Shanjitha's avatar

Choosing the chocolate bar is more harder now than as a kid, isn’t it? I reflected how I stand in front of the refrigerator aisle, staring too long and choosing one and doubting if I chose the right one for me. God, I don’t even know if I’m still talking about chocolate. Thanks for being my muse today. Gonna do some reflection.

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