The Importance of Priority...

Priority.

It's an important word and we usually place that on our work when it starts becoming a bit strenuous. I don't know about you but I tend to be a bit of a workaholic. I may not be in work, but with multiple uni modules to complete all at the same time, it can be a bit of a frazzle.

You ask questions to yourself, trying to decide which of these projects are more important and when to do them. I also like to plan and even then, there is the stress of where to slot everything in and how long I should be working on that particular task for.

We often see people on their commute to work with a snack bar or a muffin, with perhaps some coffee, or maybe just the coffee...maybe just nothing at all? We have to rush to this place of work, our obligations are there. It doesn't matter about breakfast. "Maybe I'll just skip lunch?" you think Or "Maybe you will just take a bite of your sandwich, a bite of your apple and go to the vending machine to buy yourself a calorfic Mars Bar?" After all, they do contain the same amount of calories as that ham and mayo sandwich that you were going to eat. Besides it boosts up your energy levels and gets you going. Those cheaters, that's us.

Well..actually in fact I don't tend miss meals, my stomach won't do with that; it would be grumpy with such an arrangement. We rush to get to the next thing, is what I'm saying, the more important thing, until we actually stop for a second and think "What IS the most important thing?" That is one question I asked myself today. I had four different things on my to-do list and they all seemed pretty important. The most important seemed to be that work word. Hmm yes that. But I also wanted to go to the gym. That's important.

The main thing that we should be considering is "What is important right now?"
For me? Health. Without health, we can't do the things that we want to do and find important, if it's flailing or just not really there. Yeah, it may be that coffee that speeds you along but actually getting some rest and taking breaks every once in a while to energise naturally, you'll actually function better without that coffee. Allow coffee to be your leisure than to be your owner, strapping you to a lead and making your run at top speed to keep up with it.

That was something I found difficult, not the coffee, but taking time to have a break and re-eveluate my day or to just do nothing for ten minutes or so every couple of hours and literally sit there and recharge. There are many ways to do that, even if it's just listening to some music or reading etc but actually slowing down and deciding what task you are going to do next will help you a lot if you are one of those frazzled lot. It's something I'm working on and though it can be difficult at times, it's starting to show it's benefits.

You can go about it your own way but actually I have learnt that sometimes doing the opposite can actually make you achieve more.

Hope it helps!