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Live a Life You Love: 5 Steps to Set Your Priorities Straight
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Take a break
Think about your life. What is really important to you? How would you like to live your life?
Write down the things that are truly important to you, the things that ten years from now will make you proud.
Keep the list between 3 - 5 items.
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The things you are doing every day
- Write them down. For example, wake up, eat breakfast, go to work…
- Highlight the tasks that you do daily that are in line with your priorities.
- The highlighted stuff is the important stuff that you do every day. Everything else is urgent.
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Cut down on the urgent stuff
- Some “urgent” activities will just need to go. Maybe you can wait until later after all to check your picture on Facebook.
- Some “urgent” activities will need to be delegated. Your assistant, if you have one, could actually pay that bill.
- Some others will be better organized. You could actually make a batch of lunches every Sunday and Wednesday.
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Run a test week
Try your new life for one week to see in practice what works for you, and then make appropriate changes.
It might take you a couple of weeks to clear the clutter from your life, testing what activities should go, stay, be delegated, or better organized.
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Add the important stuff
- Put in your activities that match your priorities. Make sure they are feasible. For example, if you feel you still don’t have enough time to go to the gym for an hour, then don’t put that in your schedule.
- Start by doing something that is in the vicinity of where you are but in the direction of where you want to go. For example, if 20-30 minutes of daily exercise is your plan for a better health, but you are currently at point zero, then start with 5 minutes.
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Creating the life you love
Make choices leading to the life you want to create for yourself. Don't let your past hold you back.
Your life might not seem to be the best fit for someone else, but it should a life you are happy with. Create a life you love.
How to create an authentic life
Start where you are right now.
- Align your life with your own core values - those things that are most important to you personally.
- Find time to do the activities you loved doing as a child. - join an activity group or take a class.
Listen to yourself and take action on what you discover.
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Getting an early start
Plan your morning the night before and stick to your plan.
If a new task comes in that isn’t 100% urgent, designate a time that you’ll work on it uninterrupted or try to delegate the probl...
Deciding where to work
- If you know you’re more likely to work from home, invest in comfortable furniture; you feel good it will inspire you to get work done.
- If you want to join a local co-working space but are intimidated by the price point, ask about smaller memberships to start.
Prioritizing tasks
Don’t let your skepticism about productivity hacks get in the way of finding a technique that suits you and helps you get things done.
If you’re still having a hard time identifying priorities, try working backward by identifying work that’s definitely not a priority. Eliminate those items and assess what’s left.
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“Work, Play, Fit, Push” Framework
1. Set priorities on Sunday.
2. Map out work (limit to top 3), play, fit (plan for at least 30 minutes each day), and push (do something that scares yo...