Hi friend.
Cheers to the weekend
Recently, I was triggered by a post by one of the influencers regarding the words priority and priorities.
The word priority means your first concern or the most important thing that matters. But why must the plural form exist too? Shouldn't “the most word” only be one?
Well, it turns out that life is more complicated than that. We all have multiple things that are important to us and need our attention.
Here are some reasons that I think make our priority list more and more
Multiple Roles
For example, maybe you have a work project that's due soon, but you also want to go to a family event on the weekend. Both of those things are important, right? But they might not be equally important - the project might be more urgent, while the family event is something you really care about.
People craving balance
In life, we seek to fulfill many needs - be they financial, physical, emotional, or spiritual. It's important to strive for balance in every aspect of our lives to create a sense of harmony and fulfillment.
So yeah, it might seem like we should only have one most important thing, but that's not how life works.
We’re in a rush
Do you know how sometimes it feels like there's just way too much stuff to do? Like, there's work, family stuff, hobbies, and a million other responsibilities.
It can be hard to figure out what to focus on, and it's easy to get overwhelmed. I think technological advances play a big role in making people hastier.
Growth and change happen so fast before we have time to digest it.
But we only have limited time and energy to deal with everything. That’s why it's important to focus on what really matters and let go of the rest.
In the past, we were only children and students at school. Now we can get more additional roles, both as workers and students at the same time, as partners as friends, each of whom requires a portion of our attention.
I now determine a maximum of 2 priorities that I want to achieve before jumping to other priorities. If I have to take on more roles after that, at least I want to make sure the previous roles can be settled.
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