Setting priorities
Do you find it difficult to decide what needs to be done first and what can wait? Perhaps everything feels important. Work, household chores, care, appointments, recovery and social contacts are all pulling at you at the same time. When your energy is limited, setting priorities becomes even more important. Setting priorities means choosing where to direct your attention and energy. That can be difficult, because choosing sometimes also means that something else has to be put on hold. Yet it can actually bring you peace of mind. You don’t have to juggle everything at once.
What do you notice?
Struggling to set priorities can mean that you do a lot, but experience little rest.
You may, for example, notice that:
- you don’t know where to start;
- Please respond primarily to what feels urgent;
- important things get left undone;
- if you plan too much in a single day;
- you find it difficult to say no;
- you prioritise obligations over fun activities;
- you feel exhausted afterwards;
- you feel guilty when something doesn’t work out;
- you feel that you are falling short.
Sometimes it is not the tasks themselves that are the hardest, but having to make constant choices.
