February 08, 2007

Within the Storm

This week is potentially the busiest week of my life. There's good busy, and there's bad busy. I think this week qualifies as worst busy.

Within the storm, I sat within the eye for a few minutes yesterday. I was leading a session on how the tenure system works at MIT with my colleague Prof. David Mindell. At this meeting, David shared his three secrets to life:

  1. Take 24 uninterrupted hours of rest per week.
  2. Don't travel as it wastes time.
  3. Say "no" to meetings often.
I reflected on David's rules, and realize that I constantly break all of them. Seems like such a simple algorithm for living a better life. I think I have found my escape from the storm ...

Posted by maeda at February 8, 2007 10:40 PM
> Life | Posted at 10:40 PM

Thoughts On Simplicity   By John Maeda