The Self-Imposed Deadline

Yesterday, my doctor told me I need to slow down. In short, I'm overwhelmed with work. It's not the first time I've been told this.

He said something else that stuck with me, though. He said that we've become a society obsessed with self-imposed deadlines that are ultimately meaningless. He said we'd all be a lot healthier if we dropped them.

He was talking about social media, personal projects, and the daily urgencies that don't stand up to measurement against what really matters – family.

I'm sure he was talking about himself as well. After all, being a doctor has probably meant he has spent way more time away from his family than he would have liked.

His emergencies are real emergencies and make ours seem trivial, but the fact he still believes we all have some reassessing to do, makes it somehow more comforting and motivating.

Figuring out how to drop self-imposed deadlines seems like a daunting task in itself. The rewards may be worth it, though.