In this time of modernity, technology and businesses help you become so efficient with your tasks. So efficient, that we spend so much time on social media, our FB newsfeed, Insta, Snapchat, Tinder, dating apps, that we lose the preciousness that is our time.
I went on a date yesterday with someone I met on Tinder. BAD DATE. I wanted to leave. I wanted to run away. I wanted to shoot myself in the foot for letting this person have a piece of my valuable time. Sometimes when we go on blind dates, we hope for instant connection, for us to meet someone we want to at least meet again, and these are all tall orders.
I think we need to minimize risks, minimize bad experiences, because every time you have a bad experience, it takes time to recover. It takes time to forget, learn, recoup, and make sure it never happens again. Then when you see a recurring mistake, you know you’ve done something wrong that you can avoid.
Sometimes, all you can do is look out for numero uno, first and foremost. You can’t be nice, take care of anyone else, till you can be sure of yourself, your values, your skills, and prioritize your awesomeness.
I don’t think it’s wrong to expect the best from people, especially when it comes to how they treat others. If they disrespect you, they don’t deserve your consideration.
Do good. Do no harm. And prioritize your time. Use your most valuable time to improve, get better, hone a skill, make money, become rich, spend it with the people you love AND who love you, who put you up, and make you feel great!
Do not invest the time you could use doing something that will produce huge returns, invested in some trash date, you’ll hate yourself for sitting down for a few hours with this person who you just want to run away from. It’s a few hours you will never ever get back.
You need to always be at peace with how you spend your time. So be careful when you choose to hang out with someone, when you choose to spend the next 8 hours on a netflix binge, when you choose to drink one to many glasses of wine. Think carefully about how you’ll feel after and whether you are ready to face those consequences...again.
It never hurts to minimize risk, and maximize value when you can.