Making 24h into 48h is also something I´m trying to do.
...only half joking...
I figured that the forum is too big of a place to keep track of every single thread every single day. Even if one doesn´t have his/her job and kids on top of that. But I found out that it doesn´t matter; my interests change periodically, so when they change then I focus more on the particular topics both here and in terms of books.
Basically, my advice would be to try to keep up with current events on SOTT (and here the discussion on the forum about it) - and the rest depends on one´s current interest.
Maybe it´s very early in the morning but I find your questions below very vague. What exactly do you mean by by them? Can you give an example?
I think the same amount of energy of worry in my issues is the same energy I could use that instead of worrying over my life which gets me stressed, I could turn it into something less stressful like networking here?
How do you find the balance of learning about the truth of the world where it's just enough to make sure you do not also neglect your own lessons?
On subjective personal issues, the severity of the concern also is one factor. Like on what point does something concerns my personal lessons and what are the things that I should take on?
I´ll try to answer as I understood the problems you have.
In terms of things that worry you, same as others have said - best to network about them. It is easy to be stuck in thought loops about some problem or another and often we are blind and subjective about it. Networking will provide you with a fresh look and often when I was writing about something that was bothering me, it felt like a burden being lifted off. Meditation and EE also help to focus and relax and think clearly.
About balance and lessons; learning about the truth in the world IS one of our lessons. As others pointed out, maybe you are overthinking it too much. The problem with the lack of time seems to be universal and sometimes we feel like we don´t have enough of it to do all the things we would like to do. Again, we can only do so much.
Go trough your day and make a general outline/plan and also accept that it will not always go as planned. I.e. I set an alarm every morning at 9 for meditation because that is the time when I´m home alone in peace and I figured that meditation in the morning makes my day lighter and easier. But, of course, sometimes I get stuck on SOTT or here on the forum and that time shifts, and then I´m annoyed, but then again, when I look at it from different perspective - I was in fact productive but in another way.
I was also to much focusing on SOTT and forum that I neglected my reading time. It took time, but in the end I figured out that after the whole day of thinking in one way or the other, I need time for myself for reading. So I basically decided that my limit is 8-9 in the evening and after that I lay down with a book and read.
It all didn´t happen overnight, more like months (years?) of pouring myself here and there and everywhere and trying to do 10 things at once.
So relax and listen to your body and you will find your perfect pace.
As a figure of speech, I feel crushed under a huge pile of books that I need to read and out of breath from doing a long marathon.
I'm trying to plan my days/weeks by writing down notes on post-it, making Excel grids, or writing down endless lists. In the end, the day is over way too fast and I'm always behind or I neglected to do important things.
I start something one day, get distracted with chores or other responsibilities, start something else, get distracted, start something else, etc. See the pattern?
Better laugh than cry.
Yes, that sounds very familiar - and
very stressful. As I´ve said above - we can only do so much.
Worst than that, I keep cheating with food I shouldn't eat (just because they taste too good and I can't resist) and end up with negative after-effects the day after... And those side effects always slow me down big time.
My trick was simply to stop buying those things. Also, you can make (or buy) delicious things in "healthier" version. You might think that you don´t have the time for baking, but in context that we also have to take care of our body, think about it also as part of the Work - you are making yourself food that is optimum fuel for your body.
It actually took me only a month or two to learn how to cook in gluten free version all the things I used to make in "normal" version and they taste as good. (Except for the bread; I´m still buying g-free bread as apparently I´m an idiot for baking bread.
Thankfully, I was never much of a bread-eater, so it doesn´t matter anyway if I buy it or bake it as I anyway only eat a few slices of toasted bread in a week.)
In any case - don´t worry and don´t stress yourself. It is all part of the process and I´m convinced that everyone here went trough the same feeling of lack of time at one point or people are still in the middle of it and figuring it out. As someone pointed out, it´s part of the work to see and set your limitations and boundaries.
