In other words, the day can only get better! There’s an old saying to the effect that if you wake up in the morning and eat a live frog, you can go through the day knowing that the worst thing that can possibly happen to you that day has already passed. And the third is for the more analytic types, who need to know that they’re working on the objectively most important thing possible at this moment.
The second is for people who thrive on accomplishment, who need a stream of small victories to get through the day. The first is for procrastinators, people who put off unpleasant tasks.
There are three basic approaches to setting priorities, each of which probably suits different kinds of personalities. ⌄ Scroll down to continue reading article ⌄ 3 Effective Approaches to Set Priorities This is why setting priorities is so important. (And following the path of least resistance, as the late, great Utah Phillips reminded us, is what makes the river crooked!) That is, we’ll pick and sort through the things we need to do and work on the easiest ones – leaving the more difficult and less fun tasks for a “later” that, in many cases, never comes – or, worse, comes just before the action needs to be finished, throwing us into a whirlwind of activity, stress, and regret. When we don’t set priorities, we tend to follow the path of least resistance. On which of those tasks will your time best be spent, and which ones can wait? But once you’ve processed out your inbox and listed all the tasks you need to get cracking on, you still have to figure out what to do the very next instant. Having an inbox and processing it in a systematic way can help you gain back some of that control.
The feeling of loss of control over what you do and when is enough to drive you over the edge, and if that doesn’t get you, the wreckage of unfinished projects you leave in your wake will surely catch up with you. This is, of course, a recipe for madness. It is easy, in the onrush of life, to become a reactor – to respond to everything that comes up, the moment it comes up, and give it your undivided attention until the next thing comes up.
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