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4 Quadrants of Life - Finding Meditation and Meaning

Summary

, 12 min

The four quadrants of time management applied to a meditation habit: meditation belongs to the second quadrant, not urgent yet vitally important, so it gets crowded out. Ranking the answers to a values question, "What's important to me about my life?", shows why it falls off, and a two-page writing therapy exercise handles anything unwelcome on it.

In this video

Teaches
Four quadrants of time managementValues
Discusses
Meaning of lifeMeditation habitWriting therapy
Mentions
Delayed gratificationSubconscious

Key moments

00:00Why a meditation habit keeps falling out of life01:13First quadrant: crises, emergencies and deadlines01:49Third quadrant: urgent but not important, from email to jobs03:05Fourth quadrant: time wasters and escape activities03:51Second quadrant: not urgent yet vitally important, like meditation05:31Why meditation gets crowded out: it is not urgent06:16The values question: list and rank what is important to me07:57Asking the question every day in the ashram09:33Writing therapy: two pages without stopping11:03It all starts from one question