Time effectiveness and pleasing Mistress.

prioritize

prīˈôrəˌtīz,ˈprīərə-

verb

 determine the order for dealing with (a series of items or tasks) according to their relative importance.

There are a million things to do each and every day we are alive.  From the time you wake until the time your head hits the pillow every night there are decisions to be made, things do to, people to see and take care of, work to be done, necessities that can't go undone...  

Time is a unique resource in that everyone is given an equal amount ~ a gift of 24 hours each day. How you invest that gift is a major factor in how you feel about your life and what's important to you. (detectives look at where people put in their time and money.. for that is where their heart is) Time goes by at the same rate no matter what you do. You can't speed it up or slow it down. Unlike the other resources that you manage, there is no way to control time. The best you can do is take charge of yourself in the framework of time given, investing yourself in those things that matter most in your life.

Setting priorities is a matter of deciding what is really important. In this case "important" means important to you. What activities and roles give your life meaning? These are the parts of your life where you most want to succeed. Everything in your life cannot be a priority. Lots of important things will compete for attention over your lifetime, but there are not enough hours in anyone's lifetime to give attention to everything that is good and worthwhile. Deciding on your basic priorities is a key exercise in moving toward more effective use of your time. Your basic priorities provide a means for making time choices, helping you decide where it is important to invest yourself and where you can let go.

On a daily basis you also have to learn to set task priorities. Prioritizing tasks includes two steps:
 
 Determining what needs to be done
 Deciding on the order in which to do the tasks

How do you decide what work needs to be done? For the most part, it relates back to your basic priorities. To be effective in your time use, you have to weed out the work that does not fit with your basic priorities.

So My question to you... What are your priorities?  What are those things in your life you value more important than others?  There are things obviously, that have to be done every day for each of you, as well as for Myself.   Eating, sleeping, self grooming, etc. All daily tasks.  There's work, kids, meetings, doctor appointments, spouses, more work, etc.. it goes on and on over and over every day. 


  
 Life happens... sometimes things get crazy and hectic for a time and we lose focus.  I've done this Myself from time to time but we will continue to spiral away from priorities unless we take time in our hands instead of allowing it to get away from us. 




  
Today is Friday, today is the day you take back your priorities and I start demanding them.  From here on out, unless BEFORE discussed and given permission... the tasks I've given will become a priority.   That includes your blogs as well as responding to My own.  I find a schedule is best at helping to set something as routine, so it's not forgotten, pushed aside, or taken over by other things in life.    If your blog isn't done, or you've not responded to My own... I will presume, after this blog, that you simply don't care to be obedient and proceed as such.