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.
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That’s so good! Thanks Britton!
First off, I really like the new layout.
Second, I am going to take your challenge and prioritize. Life is meant to be loved. Sure there are frustrations, and inconveniences, but on the whole life is good. Sure we might not be perfect, but as you said the rest of humanity has these limitations too, only when we look at them we can usually only see their perfect grades, their incredible cardiovascular system, and their amazing salary. We never really know what goes on inside people’s heads. I guess that’s why love and charity are so important. Okay, now I’m rambling on.
Long story short, thank you for your post.
I’m never going back to the gym again :)
Just kidding. This is a really great post, though. I think it’s really hard to be told that you can’t do everything… but the truth is — you can’t!
As soon as we can see the blessing in NOT being a renaissance man or woman, that’s when we can be happy.
Maybe you should work with Steven Covey. You have great insight =)
Jolly good post. Like the new look. And your abdominal muscles.
Your blog looks pretty! And your blog post is so true.
I’m never going to school again…Oh wait…
Good post
Miss yer words.