{"id":693,"date":"2016-12-27T19:23:17","date_gmt":"2016-12-27T16:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danieliusg.lt\/?p=693"},"modified":"2021-09-28T18:41:25","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T15:41:25","slug":"du-klausimai-kuriu-klausiu-kasdien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debesyla.lt\/uzrasai\/en\/2016\/two-questions-i-ask-everyday\/","title":{"rendered":"Two questions I ask myself daily, Benjamin Franklin and my attitude towards routine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Goal of the day: 255 words<\/a>. Written: 891<\/b>.<\/p>\n

When one day Alex<\/a> asked me what questions I ask myself every day, I wondered, raised my eyes to the ceiling and suddenly remembered the agenda of the American 18th century inventor and diplomat Benjamin Franklin. <\/span><\/p>\n

This man is famous not only because his face is printed on almost all $100 bills, but also because he started and ended his days with questions to himself.<\/p>\n

Benjamin got up quite early in the morning, around 5-6 o'clock, together with the sun. And he started the day with a question: "<\/span>What good can I do today?'<\/span><\/p>\n

Then, having thought of his answer to this question for the day, after a short breakfast he would go to work, research, write, think, and at the end of the day, before going to bed, he would ask another: "<\/span>What good have I done today?'<\/span><\/p>\n

And despite that, whether it was a weekday or a weekend, winter or summer, this agenda was no different. Benjamin's schedule was really strict. A question for orientation from the morning, the day's work, a second question for work evaluation. Sleep. Repetition.<\/span><\/p>\n

Benjamin Franklin is still a revered figure, despite the fact that his bones have long since been gnawed by worms. And his agenda and pointed questions helped to achieve what most of the ancestors before you have not yet achieved.<\/span><\/p>\n

But despite the fact that I adore learning from the most successful people in history and capturing their best experiences... Still, questions <\/span>I don't wake up every day.<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead, I do one at the beginning of the week, and the others every time before starting a new activity.<\/span><\/p>\n

FIRST: The question I ask myself before starting a new activity.<\/h2>\n

Unfortunately, I'm not sure asking yourself what you want to do today every day is productive. Especially when we live in these times, when we have the Internet, Facebook, e-mails, televisions and phones constantly interrupting us in the middle of the day.<\/span><\/p>\n

"Hey *insert your friend's name* I found a 10 euro ticket to Cyprus!" Let's drive! I've already bought it, you make a plan of what we're going to do."<\/span><\/p>\n

Such and similar calls, offers to spend the weekend in super training or "<\/span>hey can you help me a little bit with this thing?'<\/span> pops up in the middle of the day out of nowhere\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

...And everything that we might have planned in the morning is disrupted.<\/b> Want to spend the day intently reading Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov? Organize your wardrobe? Spend the day quietly by the lake or picking mushrooms in the Labanor forest?<\/span><\/p>\n

Ha! No. Only if you don't act like a complete lunatic and disconnect from the world. (You don't often dare to do that, do you? There may be calls <\/span>major<\/span>!)<\/span><\/p>\n

Therefore, planning once a day is a bad idea. Better questions to ask yourself before:<\/b><\/p>\n