Priorities

          This time of year I hear so many people talk about priorities (myself included), whether we know it or not we probably have some of our own. I think getting our priorities straight is something we really need to do to be productive and become who we want to be. For me my priorities is a list including family, friends, my relationship with God, youth group, household chores, etc. (the list goes on and on). I decided that this year on my blog I want to do something with you all, I want to work on the priorities. Our goal together is to clear out clutter in our life and really do what matters to us.

1. To start,sit down in a quiet area (do it now, don't put it off). I want you all to think about your daily routine and if what you do daily is what you really want your focus to be like. Ask questions like: Am I always too busy? Do I have clutter filling my life? Am I doing things I actually care about?
2. Now that you have all these things in mind I want you to write down your daily activities. Highlight the different things you do that are important to you! (or things you have to do like school and work). The things that aren't highlighted is clutter. These are the things you don't  NEED to do and should do it later when you have extra time (this should leave time in your life to just take a break). Take out the clutter and put together your new schedule based on your new priorities.
3. Take a test run on this schedule. Follow this schedule for a week and see how it goes. Through the week take out the things you see you don't need in your life and add the things you want to focus on. Remember that taking out all the clutter will take you while and that this all just takes time.
4. Once you really get your priorities in order I advise that you go thorough them again and make sure all the things you need are included. You can make sure that things like exercise, Bible reading, cleaning, etc. are in your everyday schedule.

         I hope this helps you bit this year so that you can really set your priorities and get them straight for 2015. If your like me and don't like schedules too much just make a checklist. You can put the most important things on top for what you need to get done (the things on the bottom can be what you don't have to do). So get out there and set some priorities for the new year!

-Julia-