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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nIt’s entirely possible to major in minor things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Inaction is much better than sweating over minor things that doesn’t make a den.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Majoring in vital things requires reflection and thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You’d need to “waste” time to figure out what to major in, so that you don’t waste your future in trivialities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trivialities might seem important and appeal to our FOMO. On the other hand, the fear is heightened when we approach things of higher stakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To major in minor things happens by default<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To major in major things happens by design<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Why does \u201cmajor in minor things\u201d happens by default? Because there is a constant stream of shiny things vying for us to be consumers. You are called not just to be a consumer, but a creator. Major in things that matter, not just for now, but for the “long” now. Design your life around those things that matters most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Don’t start your day with the news. Don’t major in timely things; major in timeless matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here’s how you can begin to major in things that matter to you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Take the time to reflect deeply on this. Don’t outsource this to society’s standard. Define what is a life well spent for yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Think of this question in 3 sub-categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n I. Personal<\/p>\n\n\n\n II. Relationships<\/p>\n\n\n\n III. Work<\/p>\n\n\n\n It’s tempting to reach for things that are easily measurable. Do not end up valuing what is \u201cgood\u201d to measure, but measure what is of value to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From 0 to 10, put a number to where you are at now. Figure out where you are at in order to figure out where you need to go.<\/p>\n\n\n Finally, it’s tempting to keep track of everything. A huge cost is involved when we keep score of things that actually don’t matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The cost is a wasted life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Let that go. It’s minor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-psychological","category-reflections","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/darylchow.com\/fullcircles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/darylchow.com\/fullcircles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/darylchow.com\/fullcircles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darylchow.com\/fullcircles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darylchow.com\/fullcircles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1418"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/darylchow.com\/fullcircles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1421,"href":"https:\/\/darylchow.com\/fullcircles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418\/revisions\/1421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/darylchow.com\/fullcircles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darylchow.com\/fullcircles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darylchow.com\/fullcircles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Meanwhile, to major in things that are truly important to you, you need to be intentional. You need to to engage in active contemplation<\/strong> before contemplative active<\/strong> can happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s silly to put it this way, but it\u2019s worth stating the facts. When we major in minor things, the cost is that we end up minoring in major things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n1. What is a measure of success in your life?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
2. Measure the Major things.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n3. Don’t Measure the Minor Things.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n