Don’t ask me why it’s taken me such a long time to get back to working on my blog. Could it be the rush of the holiday season? If so, that’s a pretty poor excuse, but whatever it is, it’s good to be exercising these writing muscles again.

I thought I’d write something a little more personal this time around, but I think this really applies to both our personal and professional lives.

When you hear the word priorities, do you cringe? Would you rather not think about what your most important priorities are on a daily basis because maybe this reminds you  of those projects that  you’ve been procrastinating on?  Why do we find ourselves so often neglecting our most important priorities.

Now that we are in the midst of the holiday season, we’re all rushing around as we do every December, feeling more stressed, and wishing we had more time to get those cards out, those presents wrapped, and then there are the bills that still have to be paid, and the regular daily jobs that we have to do.  Right? They never go away just because the holidays are here. Life still goes on.

If you stop to think about what is important for you to accomplish on a daily basis in comparison to what is urgent,   For everyone, it’s something different, depending upon each personality and lifestyle.

What about putting first things first, whatever that may mean to you in order of importance. If we look at what we consider to be urgent, then we need to ask ourselves, How urgent is this? Is it really  necessary that I  get this done immediately?Or is there something else that’s a little bit more important that I’ve put on the back burner for a while that I need to give my attention to.

What about making two lists, one for  the things that you feel are urgent     and one for those things that you feel are important.    You might discover that the things that you’ve thought of as urgent, are really not that urgent after all. Only you will know the answer, and you probably will end up learning a lot about yourself in the process.  Just some food for thought.  Happy holidays!

Tina

Is that what you say at the end of every week? Has your job gotten so old to you that you could do it in your sleep? If you are in that particular place right now, I know what that’s like. I, too, have been there, and it’s not fun.

When I think about how many people in our country live for their weekends rather than enjoying each day as it comes, that’s sad.

If you are in that place, what steps will you take to get yourself out of it,  or is it just easier to stay in your comfort zone? After all, you’re pretty secure there although nothing is secure these days if you stop to think about it. The days of someone working for the same company for 25 years are long gone.

Maybe you have a dream that you’d like to pursue, but you feel you can’t because your job is draining you of any energy that you might have left at the end of the day.

 Here are some thoughts that might solve your problem just a little bit:

1: What about taking time during a break or lunch to make some marketing phone calls to begin working toward fulfilling that dream that you’d like to pursue, whatever it may happen to be.

2: What about attending networking events after work where you may be likely to meet people who can help you along the way.

3: What about attending some educational workshops or webinars on the weekends in order to get closer to accomplishing your goals.

4: What about taking an hour   every couple of days and devoting it to social networking to help you make some of the connections that you’d like to make.

 There’s an old saying that says, when there’s a will, there’s a way, and I believe that’s true. If you want something bad enough, you’ll find a way to get it. Now you can say Thank God its Friday because you know that on the weekends, you’re going to be pursuing your real passion!