The world is full of possibilities. You can have many gifts and talents, you can have dreams and projects, and you can also have many obligations to fulfill, but there is no time for everything, trying to ignore this reality only leads to despair and discouragement.
You may think that’s not fair. So the sooner you assume this is something we can’t change, start making decisions and setting priorities, the greater your chances of success. When we try to do everything at once, there’s nothing we can do. We haven’t been able to move forward with so many goals in mind, we need to focus on a particular goal and make plans to succeed.
“You can do anything, but you can’t do everything. -David Allen-
The quote above is a reminder to keep in mind that the important thing is to do something, instead of trying to do everything, you can do whatever you want, but your time is limited to what you want to do, so prioritizing goals is very important.
Therefore, it is essential to understand what is most important to you right now and what you really hope to achieve. This can be a difficult decision, but it is the line that separates efficiency from exhaustion.
For David Allen, author of GTD’s famous personnel management method (Getting Things Done?The Art of Making It Happen), one of today’s big problems is managing our time in a practical way. The same applies to all aspects of our lives; it’s common to feel like we don’t have time to do all the activities we want.
In fact, we live in a competitive environment where everything is constantly updated thanks to the Internet and new technologies. We are tempted to restructure our work on a monthly, weekly and even timely basis. Allen warns that, without control, this rampant approach is a recipe for dissatisfaction and despair.
Prioritizing things according to the goals we want to achieve is the basis for moving forward and not getting lost along the way, however, it is very common for the ghost of all the other things we want to wander our minds from time to time. The key to surviving all these ghosts is to stay focused.
Basically, understanding this gives us peace of mind. We often feel guilty for doing no more than we do, for not developing a certain skill that allows us to feel better or more competitive, for not studying something we love and talent.
This feeling of guilt can even lead us to victimization, which can put us in a circle of overwork that will really take a long time and we will end up setting aside other areas of our lives, such as family or personal care.
“Is empowerment a natural thing for people when they put aside complaints and victimization and focus on established outcomes and plans?-David Allen-
We have already mentioned that the first thing to do is to prioritize, only in this way can we move forward. If you want to travel to four different destinations you have to start with one, you can’t all leave at the same time. If you have the resources to visit everywhere, get organized and travel safely; but if you can only meet one of them, you’ll have to choose the one that matters most to you and leave the others for later.
With the things we want to do the same thing happens, but in fact choosing our goals is not as simple as choosing a holiday destination, we have put in this article some tips that can help you.
We’re all irrationally optimistic. That can turn us into failed people. We are very naive in setting goals and expectations. While we have no evidence that we can achieve a particular goal or not, we continue to insist on the same pattern of behavior to address it; we focus on all of our global goals and goals.
If you want something prioritize individually, choose a single goal, think, plan and work to achieve it.
Eliminate everything that’s useless in your life. Start by deleting items you no longer need, then activities that don’t bring anything and consume time.
Freeing up space and physical time can be difficult at first, but little by little you’ll realize that it makes your life easier, not only because you’ll have more time and space, but because it’s easier to manage time and space without complications.
We have many activities to do, which often limit us and with which we devote a lot of time and energy, however, many of these tasks can be delegated to another person, both for personal, family and professional matters.
From household chores to work management and some of the work of an outside company, there are many things you can delegate to others. Paying someone to do some of their homework will help them find time to focus on what they really want to do.
Don’t get overwhelmed with more work than you can do and learn to say everything you can’t really do or that will force you to give up your goals and don’t feel guilty.
Just because you can’t satisfy everyone doesn’t mean you have to put yourself in the last place, as you can’t satisfy everyone, at least meet your own needs.
Everything we want to do is difficult, problems and obstacles arise, many of which are predictable, but many emerge in half unexpectedly.
Despite the difficulties, you have to believe in yourself, be positive and not lose confidence in your skills. You can do anything if you think you can do something. This is the first step of any road, whether long or short.