Staying busy in itself may not be a good measure of a day well spent.

On the other hand staying busy doing for the most part what takes us in the direction of our plans and dreams, will help us stay in control, despite inevitable detours. Experience the worry dissolve away which is about half of the way there, even when the journey may just be beginning. Choosing activities which form part of a larger plan, so even when we cannot quite see what's on the horizon, we can direct our paths to places on distant shores only our imagination shows us.

- Vigs

Putting off what's tedious and difficult to do is unlikely to make it go away

Doing something, anything reasonable, about it would be a good start though. Reading what others have done in similar situations, thinking and planning about how to solve the problem, involving others is likely to be helpful. If nothing else, it would have been just another way which does not work as intended. In some distant future, part of what didn't work now could mesh with something else that did, and provide the solution that we have been seeking.

- Vigs

By doing the best we can, we get better.

What wonderful things will you do today and in the days ahead. The going may not always be smooth. The unanticipated will happen eventually. Stop if but for a few minutes to sit down and rework the plan, then put it in action. Don't worry too much about revising the plan so you can keep heading towards your goals. Bring others along. Share the view and their journey too. Tell me about mountains you climb the tops of which I cannot even see.

- Vigs

Tell your story firsthand

Each of us has a story, and only we can tell it firsthand - with our words, intentions, feelings, expressions, and actions. The way we choose to thread our story, linking the characters to the theme tells us who we are, and how we choose to live our convictions. We get to choose whether it is going to be a talk show or a soap opera; a thriller or a family feature which brings us to a more peaceful place. By taking the time, just a few minutes, a few times every week to think about how our very own storyline is told, is the only way we'll get it straightened out for ourselves. The time of day we choose to plan it, be it late in the night with a pencil next to the bed-stand, or in the early sleepy hours of the morning, or during the lunch hour, or relaxing on the easy chair in the evening, does not matter as much as the awareness that it is my story and it is up to me to see it is told. Many of the great stories told over the generations feature last minute reprieves - so whom will you rescue. And will that also show you how to save yourself. Find your voice.

- Vigs