Monday, December 20, 2010

How to Set Priorities in Your Life and Hold to Them

We live in a very busy culture, and sometimes you have to be careful in controlling what you do instead of letting what you do control you. In this article, I'll share tips in setting priorities in your life and holding to them.

Things You'll Need:

The desire to have the things that matter most to you have higher priority as a way of life

Instructions:

1. In setting priorities in your life, you first have to know your own values. This may be very clear to you or require some thought. A helpful exercise is trying to picture what you want your life to be like in five years. The things that are a priority to you in your mind do translate into your life when you focus on them.

2. Going to this process in my own life, probably the hardest stage is making decisions that get things that don't line up with your priorities out of your life. On their own, these may not even be bad things. Anything that pulls your focus however is going to distract you and slow you down from what you really want out of life.

3. If you're married or in a serious relationship, talk about your priorities so you can both be on the same page when it comes to your goals and dreams. If you're single, find someone in your life that will help hold you accountable to what you want. In the beginning, changing your life is a lot easier when you're not doing it alone.

4. Take action toward what you want out of lie. Focus on what you can do on a daily basis when it comes to improving yourself, including working on relationships. Over time, this makes a very big difference as opposed to procrastinating and waiting for some ideal circumstance to come along

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