Get your Priorities in Check!
Do you struggle to get things done because everything feels important? There’s not enough time in the day to do it all, right? If you silently said yes in your head, you probably don’t have a clear idea of what your priorities are.
Without clear priorities, it’s difficult to manage your time and make progress on your goals. You might even be overwhelming yourself by trying to take on too many responsibilities.
Our ability to move forward and accomplish our goals often depends on what we decide to prioritize.
Priorities help to:
Reduce indecision about where to dedicate my time
Structure my day in a meaningful way
Easily say yes or no when I get requests from others
Priorities are areas in our lives that we care about most and are meaningful and important to us. I used to suck at managing my priorities, I was all over the place and didn't know what the hell I was doing. I spent my days bouncing from one thing to another without any goals or directions. Until I finally sat down, cleared my mind, and wrote everything out. It took some time but the outcome was a success and now every month I go over them all and rewrite my goals to achieve them. And every month I am closer to my dreams and accomplishing all of my goals.
Grab a piece of paper or your laptop and let us start writing.
What are your priorities?
Here are some examples of my own:
Myself- Self-care, hobbies, and writing
My Family- Time together, their health and education
Personal Development- To grow into the person I meant to be
Physical Health- To have a healthy body
Mental Health - Journal and meditation
Fiances- budget journal and plan
Home- cleanliness, environment, and relaxation
Marriage- marriage check-ins, date nights
As you write them down ask yourself "Why are these my priorities?" Because they are most important to me in my life to achieve.
Pick your top 3 Priorities and Why they are.
Myself- If I don't prioritize myself I can become burned out and I'm not able to achieve anything.
My marriage- because my marriage is the foundation of my family. Happy marriage equal happy life equals happy kids
My family- To make sure they are happy, fed, clean, and fulfilled
Now let's go to the next step goals for your priorities.
What is the difference between priorities and goals: goals are the bigger picture of tangible milestones that you're trying to achieve, Priorities are things that you need to say yes or no to reach that goal.
So let's write down your goals for your three main priorities!
1. Myself: To become a better writer
To grow to be an amazing women
To turn a hobby into a career
2. Marriage: To go on vacations once a year
To do weekly marriage check-ins
To do weekly date nights
3.Family: To Be happy
To try new things
To grow
Finally, let's make tiny goals for your goals.
It's another step I like to do to improve my odds of accomplishing what I set out to do.
1. Myself: To become a better writer
Write daily and practice
To become a better women
Read self-development books and journals daily
To turn a hobby into a career.
Blog at least 4 posts a week and crochet daily
2. My marriage: To go on vacations once a year
Plan a yearly trip to a different state without the kids
To do weekly marriage check-ins
Check on emotional, intellectual, and sexual intimacy every week and work on it to get better.
To do weekly date nights
Do something small together every week whether is a movie, walk, or going bowling without the kids
3.My family: To Be happy
Everyday laugh, hug and say I love you
To try new things
Try a new activity at least once a week
To grow
Read together and learn together as a family
And there you have it, you just created your very own priority plan in those easy steps. Hang them up on your wall and add them to your daily journal and watch how you become more relaxed.
I hope this post has shown you the importance of setting priorities and how you can define yours today. Now that you know your top priorities, you’ll know exactly how you should be spending your time.
Hope you all have a day as amazing as you are! Always remember you are strong, beautiful, and hella freaking powerful!
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