What Priorities Are You Ignoring?

What priorities are you ignoring?




Are you experiencing that never-ending cycle of desperate busyness coming towards the end of the year?


Are you getting more frustrated and less cheerful, even though we are heading into the season of merriness and celebration? Is it getting chaotic?


Perhaps it is worth taking stock of where you’re at today, and not waiting for the 1st of January. The problem is when we fill our lives with clutter, there isn’t room for the truly important stuff. So here are a few things worth considering to right the chaos:

• What things are you doing that truly don’t need to be done? Usually there are many things in our life we fall slave to, yet if we were totake an unexpected period off work, no one would really care if theyweren’t done anyway. Identify the time-wasters and let them go.

• Is your busyness just you being lazy? Now this might make you defensive, but in so many cases, being busy is being lazy…lazy because we don’t prioritise, don’t plan, and don’t say no. Make the tough decisions by reducing lazy prioritising in your day. Exhaustion is not a status symbol, take control of your actions.

• What important stuff is falling victim to your clutter? Are you spending less time on the key relationships in your life? Are you missing meals or exercise? Are you missing great opportunities because you can’t lift your head up to see them? For those of you living on the Gold Coast you would have no doubt noticed the parade of whales passing up and down our coastline. And if you haven’t, you need to pack up your lunch and sit by the beach and watch them. The problem is if you ignore this important stuff, nothing changes. Make sure you do the things today that will create a brighter tomorrow.

New Year’s is too far away to wait!  Make the decision to prioritise the things that are important to you and let go of the clutter.


Here’s to a busy year that you actually enjoy along the way!


Darren and Alison