Planning and the Dangers of Ignorance

Buddhists call ignorance a “poison of the mind.”

Indeed it is, especially when it comes to planning and time management.

How Does Ignorance Poison the Mind?

Time-Wasting: “I had a bad day”

“I disgust myself.”

That’s what I said to myself yesterday at around 1:30 PM.

I’m not a fan of negative self-talk, and I caught it immediately and did a little mental “cancel, cancel” to snap out of it. But it’s a perfect indication of the state of mind I found myself in.

Why?

I’d been wasting time all day. Here’s a list of what I’d done up to that point:

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