DeepSummary
Father Gregory Pine discusses how strictly one should plan their daily schedule. He emphasizes the importance of balancing task completion with being available for relationships and spontaneous interactions. Pine suggests starting the day with what's most important, like prayer, and building the schedule around that. He recommends scheduling breaks, being conscious of time-wasting activities, and using small pockets of time productively.
Pine stresses that the purpose of life is communion with God and others, so one's schedule should reflect that. He advises against overly rigid scheduling that leaves no room for people. Instead, Pine encourages having a spirit of abandonment and consent, knowing one's identity and mission, and being available when others need something.
Pine provides practical tips like chipping away at big tasks gradually, guarding important work periods, planning ahead for events like vacations, and looking forward to things. Ultimately, he emphasizes ordering one's day in service of relationships and communion, which is the purpose for which humans are made.
Key Episodes Takeaways
- Start each day by tending to what's most important, like prayer and contemplation.
- Build your schedule around committed events and relationships, not just tasks.
- Schedule breaks, recreation time, and buffer periods to avoid burnout.
- Be conscious of time-wasting activities and use small pockets of time productively.
- Chip away at large, ongoing projects gradually each day.
- Protect important work periods for meaningful, identity-driven tasks.
- Have things to look forward to like vacations, retreats, and visits with loved ones.
- Ultimately, orient your schedule around relationships and communion with others.
Top Episodes Quotes
- “Ultimately, I want to give myself to others and unto God so that I can partake of this communion of persons which is ultimately my destiny.“ by Father Gregory Pine
- “So I'd say safeguard those times for those more important tasks, all right? And then use those small chunks of time for the little things, all right?“ by Father Gregory Pine
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Pints With Aquinas
Matt Fradd
6/29/24
Father Pine talks about how scheduling can harm our relationships with each other. He talks about how to strict a schedule can make us unavailable to each other as persons.
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