Feeling Overwhelmed?
March 10th, 2010 - 8 Comments
Ever see someone with perfect grades or a fantastic physique and think “how in the world do they balance the time that must take with all the other demands of life?” Truth is… they don’t. They prioritize. Many of us are under the illusion that if we were using our time right, we’d be able to accomplish all of the “good things” that we’ve heard about from youth:
- Strong relationship with family
- Caring relationships with friends
- Meaningful relationship with significant other
- Excellent grades
- Amazing salary
- Invincible cardiovascular fitness
- Powerful spiritual life
- Impressive muscular strength
- Peaceful mindset
- Many individually-chosen others
In truth, though, we can only hold a few of these priorities without being spread too thin. Think of your own life–any time that we pretend that we can do more, something ends up out-of-whack. We focus more on grades, and we gain a few pounds. In our then over-strained schedule, we make daily time to run, but we end up losing our peaceful mindset as the rest of our day becomes more stressful. We try to stop over-committing ourselves so that we have free time to unwind, but friends start to say “I never see you anymore.” It’s frustrating… but remember: The rest of humanity has the same limitations you do!
Now here’s the good news: Think about what you actually care about, deep down inside. Then choose your 4-5 priorities, and do them well. Let the rest go! You can be at peace knowing that you’re doing what you care about.
