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Mathew Kelly, author of the book The Rhythm of Life, often asks people in his seminars to make that list.

And then I say to them, "Alright, take out your planners and show me where you've got your time scheduled for God. And show me where you've got your time scheduled for the family. And show me where you've got the time scheduled for your friends." The only thing they've got scheduled is work. And so God, family and the friends, well they get the leftovers. We've got to schedule these things. We've got to put them there as rocks, as pillars in our day. Because they're the things that energize us. They're the things that enthuse us, and they're the things that align us with our passions and our purpose.

And you don't have to make huge changes in your life to fit these things in.

The danger is to believe that our lives will never be better until we completely overhaul them. The truth is that one new habit in each of these four areas could completely change our lives very quickly.

And Mathew says if you want to be effective, you have to take time off. In fact you have to take a day off - the seventh day.

Traditionally, it's a religious principle, but it makes sense - the seventh day, to take a day of rest because if we take that day of rest, we're much more effective and efficient in the other six days. We get more done in six days than we ever got done in seven days if we honor a day of rest.

At somethingyoushouldknow.net I'm Mike Carruthers and that's Something You Should Know.