Don't be slow -- Don't be like Walgreens
Recently I was at Walgreens to pick up medication. At 6pm on a weekday there was one window open. The window rep took on average 10 minutes to finish helping a person. It is slow and frustrating.
I have recently come up with a tagline to remind myself not to be slow -- Don't be like Walgreens, Don't be slow.
Life is short
Seneca said life is long if you spend time doing meaningful work. This is somewhat true. If you spend your time doing amazing things, we can achieve so much in our finite life.
But life is also short, extremely short. For example, if you have a kid, you can only spend about 5 magical Christmases with him (after that, he'll discover that Santa is not real and Christmas can still be amazing but not magical)
Also, I am close to 40 now, and thinking about colonoscopy check up at 50 just freaked me out. The whole process of someone sticking up things to check on you is not fun. And it's not that far away. 10 more birthdays and I'll have to go through that checkup -- hopefully medical examinations are more advanced by then and I don't have to go through that process.
Productivity
The only thing that works for me is just sitting down, focusing and working. Try to achieve a week of work in a day and I'll achieve amazing results. I might not finish everything but I'll achieve amazing results.