Life is full of stuff, people to keep in contact with, tasks
you feel you need to get done, hours spent at work, places you want to go, lazy
days you feel you deserve, and sometimes a desire to do absolutely nothing. It
can be hard to plan everything you can have going on. Sometimes your plate itself
is overloaded and you are actually attempting to juggle multiple plates at
once. How much of that stuff piled on your plate is necessary? How much stuff
on that plate is just junk that fills your day or leaves you feeling empty? How
much of that stuff on your plate do you place there just to feel valued or just
so people may see you differently?
It’s a new year…a new start…maybe even a time for a new you.
Evaluate your life and place priority numbers by all that stuff you have piled
on your plate(s). Get rid of the excess, get rid of the junk and focus on what
really matters.
Some of the things that you need to eliminate you might not
actually see on your plate. Maybe some of the things you need to get rid of are
part of the reason your plate is overloading. Maybe you need to work on being
more focused. Maybe you need to kick that distraction right to the curb. Maybe
you need to work on being more productive. Maybe you need to take that blah “winter
blues” attitude and ship it right out the window as you soak up a little needed
sunshine. Maybe you need to take that people pleaser, over the top, I have to
be involved in everything attitude and send it to the moon.
Sometimes you have so many projects you wanted to get done.
Sometimes you have so many things on your to-do list and you never get to them.
Maybe you have legitimate reasons, but maybe you don’t. Maybe those things need
to get done or maybe they don’t. You need to evaluate your life, your time,
your desires, God’s plans, and your heart so everything can align how they are
supposed to. Don’t spend your life being busy just for busy sake. How many
times have you spent your day doing things, but only to realize at the end of
the day you don’t really know what you did, but you know you were busy doing
something?
Your life is made for so much more than eating, sleeping,
working, repeating and eventually dying. You need to make each day count. I’m
not just talking about living life more for you. Vacations are nice, exploring
is nice, being active is great, spending time with your loved ones is great,
but there’s still more to life than that. Work on creating a legacy. Work on
being God’s hands and feet in this world. Work on spending more time with God
so that you can hear Him when He calls you, when He directs you, or when you just
need to sit in His presence and be renewed.
Your life has so much potential. You are given so many
opportunities to do great things. You are called to do so much more. Don’t make
excuses. Don’t waste the time that you have been given. Set your priorities
right and everything will fall into place. God, spouse, family.
Make sure you fill your life with the big important rocks
first. Let the less important things fill in the gaps like sand. It’s okay to
say no sometimes. It’s okay to get distracted sometimes. It’s okay to be busy
sometimes and it’s okay to be lazy sometimes. You just have to make sure you
have the right balance over all and that you focus on the right priorities all
the time.
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