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What are your priorities?

• January 26, 2009 4:08 pm

You might have noticed that I haven’t posted since my last post which says that I owe posts. Well, I’ve been given an assignment and I somehow have successfully put off doing the assignment until today.The assignment you might ask?

What are your priorities?
What are the list of things that are non-negotiable in your life?
Simple task. Difficult process.

A friend of mine just happen to text me while I was at the computer avoiding doing my assignment. She asked my perspective on a personal issue of hers. So i thought, why not ask someone else their perspective of what they believe I hold at my highest priorities? Here was my request:

“I really need someone to go through an exercise with me. Someone who is not biased, can help me stay on task to get through the exercise, and is not afraid to tell me what I need to hear.”

Thank goodness she was willing to help out. It actually helped her too because she did the exercise with me. But I have to give her kudos. She totally kept me in check, didn’t let me off the hook when I went onto tangents, took my smart aleck responses and turned them into subconscious priorities. She ROCKS! At one point I even commented on how it was “actually fun” and asked why did I “avoid it for so long.”

So I debated on whether I ought to go ahead and list my priorities here or if I ought to challenge other people to make their own list. I thought that I would go ahead and give others an opportunity to reflect on themselves first before revealing my list (not that it would be cheating or anything). It was very freeing. I had things floating in my head that I knew were a priority but never had them down on paper. It is pretty freaky to see it manifest in front of you. Here are the rules:

1. There is no limit to your priorities.
2. Don’t feel guilty if a higher priority item surfaces in your mind after something else. It doesn’t give them more or lesser values.
3. Write them down without editing. Don’t try to group them in a general category or reword them so it “sounds” better. If you thought it with poor grammar, write it down with poor grammar.

When you think you are done, you can reorder and regroup in accordance to your liking. But I liked seeing the specific things that were important to me. If you get stuck, just think what my friend said to me:

“what things in life just fill your heart with joy and overflowing with gratitude?”

I’ll post mine in a later post. Good luck! Have Fun! and Hope you have an Aha Moment in time!

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