Guest guest Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 How To Do It All by Chad Toweling One of the biggest issues that people ask about and experience is how to find the time for families, jobs, community and partners – one of the major causes of life stress that can have an effect on your weight. How can we do it all? We are pulled in so many different directions! The short answer is to determine what the "first things" are in your life and live your life according to what you have predetermined as the most important things in your life. Putting first things first is the key to living our lives the way we want. The first step to living our lives the way we want them is to consciously determine what is most important in all areas of your life. After determining what you value most, compare these values with how you actually spend your time. It's not what you say or what you intend to do but what you actually do reveals what's most important to you. We fill our lives with so many activities and often place our priorities in alignment with what's not very important to us. You can't have it all. You have to choose. We think this can be a glorious, freeing experience but can also be a scary, unfamiliar place to venture. The challenge is to choose what you do and how you live- consciously. Your values can change and that's why constant communication is so important. It is important for you to determine what your values are and, also, in a relationship, to understand the most important things in your partner's life from his/her frame of reference. You'll find that understanding will be fostered and resolving conflicts will be easier in the future. A great way to determine what's most important to you in your life is to make a list from the answers to the following questions- (we're sure you can make up more) "What's most important to me in my relationship with my partner/spouse"? "What's most important to me in my career"? "What's most important to me in my relationship with my kids"? "What's most important to me in my spiritual practice"? And of course any other areas that matter to you, asking the same form of question. You get the idea - Take a few minutes this week and consciously decide what's most important in your life and your relationships. Things which matter most should never be at the mercy of things which matter least. Make sure you know what things matter most to you. "A clean house is a sign of a misspent life" -- Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.13.12/194 - Release 12/7/2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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