Priority and Time

When we mail things, there are different types of service levels that we can choose.  If someone pays for "priority" level, it gets there faster.  Why?  Because, the post office knows that this one is important and therefore it gets more time and attention than other items.  The same can be said for anything else in our lives.

New Year's resolutions don't tend to last, very long.  People begin them, but other things pop up that they need to do and time slips away.  Soon, those who made the resolutions surrender the goal.  It wasn't that it wasn't something they desired or wanted to have.  It just fell to the end of the list to do.

I like to read.  But, my day gets busy and stressful.  So, after things get done, I consider reading but find myself too exhausted to take the time to read.  Again.  It isn't that it is something that I don't want to do.  It's just that the place it is put in my list determines how much time I put into it.  If it is placed last, it is easiest to cut, especially if I feel the other items are inflexible demands.

This is why priority lists are so important.  It is easy to get so busy with less important things that we allow the important ones to fade from lack of attention and nourishing.  Plants that don't get watered die.  Again, it wasn't that we didn't like the plant, but our choices determine outcome.  There is usually not enough time in the day for everything we want to do.  So, we have to consider which are more important to us and give them more time in the day.

So, as you determine which things you want to have and achieve in your life, takea moment to reflect on how much time you give them and adjust appropriately.