Making the Most of Time

We do each have 24 hours in a day...why do some people seem to be able to make so much more of those 24 hours???

Do you feel like you are running 24 different directions in those 24 hours, like I do sometimes?  It is OK to get out of a frantic rushing here and there.  It is powerful to get focused on what is important to help us progress, to accomplish, and to bless lives.

Decide what is important
Stephen R. Cover taught me that to make wise use of your time, consider what roles you play in your life...wife, mother, business owner, sister, volunteer, employee, etc. 

1.  Make a list of your roles. 
2.  Then, prioritize these roles by what they mean to you.  The most important will be first, and the least important will be last. 
3.  As you consider each role, what is important for you to do in that role this week, or today, in order to be all you want to be in that role? 
4.  Write one or two things next to each role that you will do.  These should be action items that are acheivable.

Do what is important
This process makes it so clear what is important.  It makes it easy to prioritize the tasks for the day.  It makes those tasks relationship and results oriented.

I had gotten away from this focused way of approaching my schedule.  I find myself filling so many roles right now...daughter of God, wife, mother, business owner, advisor/mentor, volunteer...it can all be overwhelming.

I have discovered if I get back to these principles I know to be true...if I focus on the priority of my roles in life and what is important to do in each, then I can accomplish so much more in the 24 hours...  It is not actually that I am doing MORE, just that I am doing the important things first.  The other things seem to get done somehow, and I feel so much more at PEACE inside.

I challenge you to try this process, especially if you wear many hats in your life.  Find the peace that comes from doing what matters in your heart!