Cancer Patient’s Epicurean Time Management

December 5, 2010 · Filed Under Cancer (MCC) Diary, ECOLOG – Epicurean Conduct Of Life Orientation Guidance

Time is a non-renewable resource, especially when you are diagnosed with cancer:-) It is therefore important to manage the dwindling supply as wisely as possible.

The first step I used to recommend to my trainees and coaches was to re-define their priorities.

I have started to re-define my priorities so I can schedule the remaining time more wisely, i.e. more congruently with my values. There are schedulable elements I cannot shorten:

- 5-7 working hours 5 days a week to contribute to our living and increasing health care costs

- time for eating, sleeping, hygiene, health-care

The rest of the time will be scheduled in line with the fundamental Epicurean criteria of what is necessary for my happiness that does not harm anybody.

I must admit that I do not run into the goal conflict some of my coaches had to struggle with: prioritizing their own personal pleasurable activities versus their duties towards their family. In my case these goals just happen to coincide: it gives me personal pleasure and it makes me happy to spend time with and for my family.

Therefore it is easy for me to set up my priority list:

needs of my family
1. talks and walks with my wife and my children
2. homeschooling my children
3. cooking for my family
4. read the books and see the movies I like and discuss them with my family
needs of my friends
1. share my experience and thoughts with them
2. keep in touch with them and let them know how important it is for me to have them around

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I will cut out entirely (at least for the next few years) personal life coaching and corporate training but I might still finish the design and then run my conflict prevention and management workshop for homeschooled teenagers, sharing with them my AGORA™ steps for conflict prevention and management.

I will postpone (maybe for ever?)

- publishing my conflict prevention and management workshop for homeschooled teenagers, including my AGORA™ steps for conflict prevention and management

- writing and publishing my next book, working title “ECOLOG – Epicurean Conduct Of Life Orientation Guidance”

- printing and distribution of the printed version of my ebook “From Pain to Pleasure: The Proven Pathway to Happiness” http://stressfreedomguide.com/

Today I plan to prepare breakfast for my family, take a walk with them in the snow discussing whatever topic comes up including life and death cycles in nature, work on a video-project with my 12-year old son. I am sure my friends will appreciate the result which I will upload on youtube. I can only reveal that it will have to do with FREEDOMfight and the star will be a member of our family;-)

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