We can place our valuables under lock and key. We can install alarms to alert us to intruders. What can we do, though, to protect ourselves from those who seek to deprive us of something even more precious - our time? How do we stop people from stealing our agenda, absorbing our concentration and distracting us from our objectives? This weekend, you must jealously guard your schedule. You don't have to be obsessive and you must, of course, be flexible but you need to remember what matters and why?Ideally, you should acquire as much information as possible, consult as many experts as you can find and cover as many bases as you can think of. The problem is that none of that really seems very feasible. You to do a lot in a short space of time. You are going to have to hope that when the pressure mounts, your intuition is good enough to see you through. It will be, provided you give it a fair chance to guide you. Stay calm and follow your sweetest, strongest hunches.
If you want to lose weight, should you eat less or more? If you want to reduce stress, should you set a greater number of targets or a smaller one? If you want to feel less pressured, should you strive for higher standards or accept lower ones? Feel free to take on as much responsibility as you want. You are entitled to be ambitious and adventurous. But no matter how intense life becomes, don't imagine that the way to lead an easier life involves first making your situation more difficult. How much excitement do you want? How many intense emotional experiences do you feel you need? Do you have to get caught up in some great drama? Must you deal with problem after problem? Sorry to ask all these questions, but then questions themselves can be so very destabilising. As soon as we start to ask them, we begin to chip away at whatever is making us feel most stable and secure. You can't just ignore an unsatisfactory situation, but nor do you have to give it your full attention ri...
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