Organising priorities
Organising your priorities is about ensuring that the big important things – those things that you have aspirations towards and care about – get done.
Play the video below.
What are the big things? Those things that you consider to be important, things which you have aspirations towards and care about. This is about prioritising.
Organising Priorities
Image that this jar represents the amount of time you have each week to do all the things you need to get done during the week.
Let’s fill the jar with those things.
Organising Priorities
The rocks represent the most important things that must get done each week (e.g., spending time with family, studying, favourite hobby).
The jar seems full – or is it?
Organising Priorities
The gravel represents some other important things that you wish to get done each week.
Is the jar full?
Organising Priorities
The sand represents less important things that you do that may not be necessary.
Is the jar full now?
Organising Priorities
The water represents the energy to get things done. Without this intrinsic element, it is difficult to get things done. What energises, motivates or inspires you?
Now you can say that the jar is full.
Organising Priorities
As you can see, by prioritising the most important things in your life, you still have room for the little things you would still like to do.
The Jar of Life
The Jar of Life
Do you often find that you do not have enough time in your life to do all the things you would like to do?
Consider the following…
Image that this jar represents the amount of time you have each week to do all the things you need to get done during the week.
Let’s fill the jar with those things.
The rocks represent the most important things that must get done each week (e.g., spending time with family, studying, favourite hobby).
The jar seems full – or is it?
The gravel represents some other important things that you wish to get done each week.
Is the jar full?
The sand represents less important things that you would like to get done each week.
Is the jar full now?
The water represents the energy to get things done. Without this intrinsic element, it is difficult to get things done. What energises, motivates or inspires you?
Now you can say that the jar is full.
As you can see, by prioritising the most important things in your life, you may still have room for the little things you would still like to do.
