Prioritize Your Life

I’m not a parent, but I can play one on TV. I don't have kids but lately I think of single parents, two parent homes and other types of households where they are raising kids. Parents take kids to soccer games, softball games, volleyball games, school concerts all the while working a full time job and possibly pursuing their hobbies and working on the home. It is truly amazing if you think about the hours, the time scheduling and the juggling parents single or couples do in raising their kids.

I think about this as I don’t have any two legged kids. I have two 4-legged kids (dog and a cat). Not the same.  I also have a full time job and a second career in the entertainment field that I am pursuing. On top of that, I am doing home improvement projects, also work with my life coach and do self and professional therapy to make myself a better person. All that adds up to a lot of time being juggled just as my friends and family who are raising kids do. It’s just a different way of juggling.  I think their way is a lot harder to be sure!

However, what I have found that in either case it is somewhat not what we are trying to accomplish but scheduling and prioritizing the week to get things done. I have found just as in my primary career, we need project schedules, deadlines and accountability, my life needs this as well. It is fun and rewarding to improve daily, read and connect spiritually to the universe. However, prioritizing all of those things takes some up front work. It is funny because I complain at work about the reactive state we constantly work in.  All of this reacting to the business needs of my customers. It’s the same with life.  If you are in a constant reactive mode, you are not going to accomplish your goals.  It does take some of that hard work up front.  My life coach has been helping me with this, but it's my accountability to prioritize my two careers, my environment, my personal happiness and all of my goals.

Furthermore, we all understand that life is what happens when you are busy planning it.  I still recommend some serious planning to get out of life what you really want. What you get is what you put into it. If you are a parent, DINK (double income no kids) or single like me, still take some time to list and prioritize what you want to accomplish in your life.  My friend Richard Rosso writes about some ways to enrich your life, to be happier.  A wonderful note to expand on this post of prioritizing your life.

Prioritize your life so your dreams can come true.