Why your priorities are overwhelming
Life feels often overwhelming.
We have so many things going on in our life.
We try to focus — and then something happens.
And so we get distracted again.
We can’t seem to really find our focus.
We seem often just distracted.
The first thing I hear a lot of people say is:
“I need to get my priorities straight.”
But what if that is exactly the thing that’s holding you back?
Still to this day, there are so many people believing that priorities exist.
But the reality is:
“Priorities” is a made-up word.
The Latin word is prioritas — from Latin prior, meaning first or above all.
How can you have multiple things first?
In sport, we understand that there is only one team going to win the championship.
That’s where all the excitement comes in.
The real question is:
Who will come in first?
On the one hand, I know that we have many things that are important to us — like our family, our business, our faith, our community.
These can be ranked.
Interestingly enough, they are building blocks to each other.
Yet here is the real question to gain focus:
What is the prior thing for me to do right now?
You can only be fully present for one at a time. So better choose wisely. You won’t get this decision back.
Not deciding is also making a decision to not act!
