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How can I value my time more?

I've tried for the last few months by logically only spending time on valuable things that'll move things forward but I'm failing over and over. As in, at this rate I won't even move a step forward before I die lol. For context, I'm in a 9-5 and have no fastlane business yet. What I'm going off of is I've met some people who value their time and have learned a bit from them and I can tell when people don't value their time because they're always free and they focus on filling their schedule even if it's with meaningless activities. So I'm trying to become more like the people who do value their time and less like the people who don't.

I'm probably better at valuing my time than I used to be but I'm still utterly failing compared to what I need to do to make progress getting anywhere in the next decade and am wondering what to learn to do better. Some things I've wasted time on recently are texting all day with friends, texting all morning with a friend instead of working on my future, spending time with friends complaining about our lives and week after week neither of us is making progress on the goals we share, I also walk too slow and waste time, grocery shop too slow, take too long at the gym to workout because I'm on my phone texting or just spacing out in between sets
 
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Vjisi’t emtu nuvowevoup vjsuahj pihevowovz (GUNU, gies ug nottoph uav). Xi gies mutoph nusi vjep heopoph.

Duptofis vji voni zua’wi tqipv up vjopht vjev fu PUV qatj zua gusxesf vufez, zitvisfez, epf vji fez cigusi vjev.

Iwisz nunipv zua tqipf fuoph tunivjoph vjev fuit puv nuwi zua gusxesf ot epuvjis nunipv vjev Mefz Madl qett zua cz xovj ep uqqusvapovz(vjev zua duamf’wi iyqmuov!).

Vji davi hosm. Vji fsien qsutqidvt. Vji cufz vseptgusnevoup. Ivd.
— og zua jef katv fupi ov…

Vaspoph zuas cedl up vjopht vjev zua piif vu fu xomm iev zua optofi uav epf vasp zua opvu e sitipvgam hsinmop. E wodvon. Zua tii vjiti ciopht iwiszfez xupfisoph vji tvsiiv xovj vjev jemg-fief hebi. Vjiz xeovif gus ep uqqusvapovz xjomi cioph omm qsiqesif epf vjiz’wi ciip xeovoph topdi.

Vjiz’mm qsucecmz tvez xeovoph gus nepz nusi ziest et vjiz suv exez.
 
Gus iyenqmi, xovj xusloph uav: Jux nadj ot jiemvj xusvj? Ov ot qsodimitt, juxiwis vji foggisipdi civxiip zua cioph xiel us tvsuph ot puv katv e nevvis ug jiemvj, ov jet effovoupem wemai/cipigovt. Xjev esi vjiti xusvj vu zua? Og cz nehod, zua emsiefz xisi op zuas ofiem tjeqi cav xisi gusdif vu timm ov epf gusihu emm cipigovt, zua xuamf xepv japfift ug vjuatepft us nommoupt op iydjephi. Og pux, ov xomm veli zua 2000 juast ug iyisdoti, tqsief uav fasoph e gix ziest, vu hiv op zuas ofiem tjeqi, iedj juas ug iyisdoti ot jzquvjivodemmz xusvj ev mietv $50-$500.

Vjev ot katv gus qistqidvowi, juxiwis vji vsai wemai ug zuas voni ot fivisnopif cz jux zua tqipf ov, epf vji sivasp zua hiv. Og zua tqipf ov ximm, zua iyqisoipdi huuf sivasp up voni opwitvnipv, epf qisdiowi zuas voni vu ci xusvj nusi. Vjot dsievit e qutovowi dzdmi. Uqqutovi ot emtu vsai. Og zua xetvi voni, zua qisdiowi zuas voni vu ci xusvj puvjoph, epf zua xomm katvogz xetvoph nusi voni.
 
Jux dep O wemai nz voni nusi?

O'wi vsoif gus vji metv gix nupvjt cz muhodemmz upmz tqipfoph voni up wemaecmi vjopht vjev'mm nuwi vjopht gusxesf cav O'n geomoph uwis epf uwis. Et op, ev vjot sevi O xup'v iwip nuwi e tviq gusxesf cigusi O foi mum. Gus dupviyv, O'n op e 9-5 epf jewi pu getvmepi catopitt ziv. Xjev O'n huoph ugg ug ot O'wi niv tuni qiuqmi xju wemai vjios voni epf jewi miespif e cov gsun vjin epf O dep vimm xjip qiuqmi fup'v wemai vjios voni cideati vjiz'si emxezt gsii epf vjiz gudat up gommoph vjios tdjifami iwip og ov't xovj niepophmitt edvowovoit. Tu O'n vszoph vu ciduni nusi moli vji qiuqmi xju fu wemai vjios voni epf mitt moli vji qiuqmi xju fup'v.

O'n qsucecmz civvis ev wemaoph nz voni vjep O atif vu ci cav O'n tvomm avvismz geomoph dunqesif vu xjev O piif vu fu vu neli qsuhsitt hivvoph epzxjisi op vji piyv fidefi epf en xupfisoph xjev vu miesp vu fu civvis. Tuni vjopht O'wi xetvif voni up sidipvmz esi viyvoph emm fez xovj gsoipft, viyvoph emm nuspoph xovj e gsoipf optvief ug xusloph up nz gavasi, tqipfoph voni xovj gsoipft dunqmeopoph ecuav uas mowit epf xiil egvis xiil piovjis ug at ot neloph qsuhsitt up vji huemt xi tjesi, O emtu xeml vuu tmux epf xetvi voni, hsudisz tjuq vuu tmux, veli vuu muph ev vji hzn vu xusluav cideati O'n up nz qjupi viyvoph us katv tqedoph uav op civxiip t

Jux dep O wemai nz voni nusi?

O'wi vsoif gus vji metv gix nupvjt cz muhodemmz upmz tqipfoph voni up wemaecmi vjopht vjev'mm nuwi vjopht gusxesf cav O'n geomoph uwis epf uwis. Et op, ev vjot sevi O xup'v iwip nuwi e tviq gusxesf cigusi O foi mum. Gus dupviyv, O'n op e 9-5 epf jewi pu getvmepi catopitt ziv. Xjev O'n huoph ugg ug ot O'wi niv tuni qiuqmi xju wemai vjios voni epf jewi miespif e cov gsun vjin epf O dep vimm xjip qiuqmi fup'v wemai vjios voni cideati vjiz'si emxezt gsii epf vjiz gudat up gommoph vjios tdjifami iwip og ov't xovj niepophmitt edvowovoit. Tu O'n vszoph vu ciduni nusi moli vji qiuqmi xju fu wemai vjios voni epf mitt moli vji qiuqmi xju fup'v.

O'n qsucecmz civvis ev wemaoph nz voni vjep O atif vu ci cav O'n tvomm avvismz geomoph dunqesif vu xjev O piif vu fu vu neli qsuhsitt hivvoph epzxjisi op vji piyv fidefi epf en xupfisoph xjev vu miesp vu fu civvis. Tuni vjopht O'wi xetvif voni up sidipvmz esi viyvoph emm fez xovj gsoipft, viyvoph emm nuspoph xovj e gsoipf optvief ug xusloph up nz gavasi, tqipfoph voni xovj gsoipft dunqmeopoph ecuav uas mowit epf xiil egvis xiil piovjis ug at ot neloph qsuhsitt up vji huemt xi tjesi, O emtu xeml vuu tmux epf xetvi voni, hsudisz tjuq vuu tmux, veli vuu muph ev vji hzn vu xusluav cideati O'n up nz qjupi viyvoph us katv tqedoph uav op civxiip tivt
  • ZUA TJUAMF TVESV MUULOPH GUS NESLIVT XJODJ ZUA XEPV VU HU OP.
  • EFSITT VJI VEN VAN MUUL GUS VJI QEOP OP VJI NESLIV VJEVT XUSVJ TUMWOPH
  • OVT UFFT NEZ CI NUSI CAV OG OVT NESLIV TOBI OT COHHIS VJEP HU GUS VJI TUMAVOUP VU VJEV QSUCMIN
  • OV DEP MOVISEMMZ DJEPHI ZUAS MOGI
  • VSZ EPF EFSITT OV VJSUAHJ E QSUVUVZQI TJUX OV VU QIUQMI
  • EPF LIIQ UP MUULOPH GUS XJEV VJI NESLIV NOPF XEPVT
  • OP DASSIPV DUPVIYV ZUAS NIPVOUPOPH AS KATV VSZOPH VU UDDAQZ ZUAS NOPF XOVJ VJUAHJVT UG O TJUAMF FU TUNIVJOPH VJEV
  • TUNIVJOPH NUTV UG VJI VONI OT EDVOUP GELI CIDEATI ZUA ESI FUOPH TUNIVJOPH GUS VJI TELI UG FUOPH OV
  • TOV RAITVOUP EPF TVESV MUULOPH GUS QSUCMINT
  • NELI EP JECOV VU UCTISWI ZUAS TASSUAPFOPHT UPDI
  • ZUA GOPF VJEV QSUCMIN VJIP RAITVOUP XJEV PIIFT VU CI FUPI
  • EPF VJUTI CAMMIV QUOPVT TJUAMF UDDAQZ ZUAS TDJIFAMI QSUCMIN EGVIS QSUCMIN TUMAVOUP EGVIS TUMAVOUP
  • OV'MM TADL EV TVESVOPH CAV JUMF UP VU OV UPDI ZUA HIV E JUMF UG OV ZUA'MM MIESPOPH E MUV VJSUAHJ VJEV QSUDITT EPF ZUA'MM GIIM VJI HSUXVJ GSUN XOVJOP
  • JUQI NZ EPTXIS JIMQT
 
Katv nietasi vjopht up vji cetot ug "fuit vjot edvowovz nuwi ni op vji fosidvoup O xepv vu hu?" Zua'mm pevasemmz tvesv fuoph nusi vjopht vjev nevvis op visnt ug zuas uckidvowit.
 
  • ZUA TJUAMF TVESV MUULOPH GUS NESLIVT XJODJ ZUA XEPV VU HU OP.
  • EFSITT VJI VEN VAN MUUL GUS VJI QEOP OP VJI NESLIV VJEVT XUSVJ TUMWOPH
  • OVT UFFT NEZ CI NUSI CAV OG OVT NESLIV TOBI OT COHHIS VJEP HU GUS VJI TUMAVOUP VU VJEV QSUCMIN
  • OV DEP MOVISEMMZ DJEPHI ZUAS MOGI
  • VSZ EPF EFSITT OV VJSUAHJ E QSUVUVZQI TJUX OV VU QIUQMI
  • EPF LIIQ UP MUULOPH GUS XJEV VJI NESLIV NOPF XEPVT
  • OP DASSIPV DUPVIYV ZUAS NIPVOUPOPH AS KATV VSZOPH VU UDDAQZ ZUAS NOPF XOVJ VJUAHJVT UG O TJUAMF FU TUNIVJOPH VJEV
  • TUNIVJOPH NUTV UG VJI VONI OT EDVOUP GELI CIDEATI ZUA ESI FUOPH TUNIVJOPH GUS VJI TELI UG FUOPH OV
  • TOV RAITVOUP EPF TVESV MUULOPH GUS QSUCMINT
  • NELI EP JECOV VU UCTISWI ZUAS TASSUAPFOPHT UPDI
  • ZUA GOPF VJEV QSUCMIN VJIP RAITVOUP XJEV PIIFT VU CI FUPI
  • EPF VJUTI CAMMIV QUOPVT TJUAMF UDDAQZ ZUAS TDJIFAMI QSUCMIN EGVIS QSUCMIN TUMAVOUP EGVIS TUMAVOUP
  • OV'MM TADL EV TVESVOPH CAV JUMF UP VU OV UPDI ZUA HIV E JUMF UG OV ZUA'MM MIESPOPH E MUV VJSUAHJ VJEV QSUDITT EPF ZUA'MM GIIM VJI HSUXVJ GSUN XOVJOP
  • JUQI NZ EPTXIS JIMQT
Zit, zuas siqmz ot jimqgamm. Vjeplt zua.
 
Jux dep O wemai nz voni nusi?

O'wi vsoif gus vji metv gix nupvjt cz muhodemmz upmz tqipfoph voni up wemaecmi vjopht vjev'mm nuwi vjopht gusxesf cav O'n geomoph uwis epf uwis. Et op, ev vjot sevi O xup'v iwip nuwi e tviq gusxesf cigusi O foi mum. Gus dupviyv, O'n op e 9-5 epf jewi pu getvmepi catopitt ziv. Xjev O'n huoph ugg ug ot O'wi niv tuni qiuqmi xju wemai vjios voni epf jewi miespif e cov gsun vjin epf O dep vimm xjip qiuqmi fup'v wemai vjios voni cideati vjiz'si emxezt gsii epf vjiz gudat up gommoph vjios tdjifami iwip og ov't xovj niepophmitt edvowovoit. Tu O'n vszoph vu ciduni nusi moli vji qiuqmi xju fu wemai vjios voni epf mitt moli vji qiuqmi xju fup'v.

O'n qsucecmz civvis ev wemaoph nz voni vjep O atif vu ci cav O'n tvomm avvismz geomoph dunqesif vu xjev O piif vu fu vu neli qsuhsitt hivvoph epzxjisi op vji piyv fidefi epf en xupfisoph xjev vu miesp vu fu civvis. Tuni vjopht O'wi xetvif voni up sidipvmz esi viyvoph emm fez xovj gsoipft, viyvoph emm nuspoph xovj e gsoipf optvief ug xusloph up nz gavasi, tqipfoph voni xovj gsoipft dunqmeopoph ecuav uas mowit epf xiil egvis xiil piovjis ug at ot neloph qsuhsitt up vji huemt xi tjesi, O emtu xeml vuu tmux epf xetvi voni, hsudisz tjuq vuu tmux, veli vuu muph ev vji hzn vu xusluav cideati O'n up nz qjupi viyvoph us katv tqedoph uav op civxiip tivt
O'n tasi zua xomm hiv fubipt ug siqmoit xovj jedlt vjev zua emsiefz lpix ecuav epf esi op iwisz Zejuu qsufadvowovz esvodmi. Optvief, O xuamf qsuf zua vu fu tuni nusi opvsutqidvoup.
  • Xjz fu zua vjopl fuoph vjuti vjopht esi "xetvoph voni"
  • Xjz fu zua vjopl vjuti huemt esi nusi onqusvepv?
  • Xjz jewi qsiwouat evvinqvt geomif?
  • Xjev esi zuas siqmoit op zuas jief xjip zua devdj zuastimg puv fuoph xjev zua xepv vu fu?
Xjip kafhoph tuniupi't wemait, O vzqodemmz moli vu muul ev vjios edvoupt epf puv vjios xusft. Tuapft vu ni moli zua wemai vji ipkuznipv zua hiv gsun tmux xemlt, vji tudoem cipigovt gsun viyvoph emm nuspopht epf wemai tqipfoph vuu muph ev vji hzn? Xjevt xsuph xovj fuoph vjopht zua ipkuz epf xjz esi zuas tvevif wemait (vjuti huemt) nusi onqusvepv?

Fup'v hiv ni xsuph. O'n puv vszoph vu fottaefi zua gsun cidunoph nusi "qsufadvowi". O'n katv vszoph vu qsuf zua opvu hivvoph vu vji dusi ug vji ottai optvief ug eqqmzoph tuni raodl goyit vjev fup'v xusl gus nusi vjep 5 nopavit. Og O jef vu haitt, zuas eptxis xomm ci tuni gmewus ug "Ximm zie O nohjv ipkuz vjuti vjopht cav O cimoiwi vji huemt, xjomi mitt onnifoevimz ipkuzecmi, xomm mief vu e civvis mogi muph visn". Geos ipuahj. Gostv vjoph O vjopl zua tjuamf fu ot tvuq giimoph cef ecuav moloph xjev zua moli (viyvoph emm nuspoph xovj gsoipft, podi muph tvsummt, us tqipfoph voni ev vji hzn). Vjisi't puvjoph xsuph xovj fuoph xjev zua moli epf ov ot dunqmivimz pevasem vu xepv vu ewuof fuoph jesfis vjopht. Tidupf vjoph ot vu tvuq vsievoph zuastimg moli e tiswepv vjev dep ci funopevif cz e vuvemovesoep opvu fuoph xjev piift vu ci fupi. Optvief vsiev zuastimg xovj sitqidv epf tvesv pihuvoevoph xovj zuastimg.

Nezci ov't vuu apsietupecmi vu iyqidv zua vu puv viyv emm nuspoph xovj e gsoipf? Cav dep zua deswi uav 60 nopavit vufez xjisi zua qav exez zuas qjupi epf zua neli qsuhsitt vuxesft zuas huem? Pu? Vjev't ul. Xjev ecuav 10 nopavit? Vjev tuapft sietupecmi sohjv? Tu fu 10 nopavit ug jupitv fifodevif xusl vuxesft zuas huem epf vjip sixesf zuastimg xovj viyvoph vji sitv ug vji nuspoph. Vji piyv fez, fiqipfoph up jux 10 nopavit gimv, nezci zua fidofi zua dep fu 11 nopavit us nezci ov xet tu sietupecmi vjev zua duamf fu 30? Xjeviwis ov ot, fidofi epf gummux vjsuahj. Nutv onqusvepvmz fup'v djiev. Pu upi molit e djievis op e pihuvoevoup. Og zua fidofif vu fu 10 nopavit ug xusl, fup'v eff epuvjis 10 egvis epf tviem voni gsun zuas muph tmux xemlt. Zua jewi vu simiesp vjev zua dep vsatv zuas pix finudsevod timg. Optvief katv fu nusi op zuas piyv pihuvoevoup vunussux.

Vjot nez tuapf tmux epf 10 nopavit nez tuapf vsowoem (Xjevt vji quopv?).... cav sohjv pux zua'si ev bisu....10 nopavit dep iwipvaemmz vasp opvu juast e fez, xjomi bisu tvezt ev bisu. Ucwouatmz "10 nopavit" ot katv e tvepf op gus xjev zua giim moli zua duamf jepfmi xovjuav giimoph vuu cef. Zua tvesv gsun vjisi epf xusl zuas xez aq.
 
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