Sterling Terrell

recovering economist

Prioritize Life

Prioritize Life

You can prioritize life, or simply let it all happen to you.

The thing you can’t do (or shouldn’t do) is pretend that you are too busy.

I like the replacement Grahl does here. For it’s true.

See, you are not too busy for the gym today after work. It’s that you haven’t made fitness a priority yet.

Let’s clearly identify the goal before wasting too much finite time, ok?

This is finishing the thought from a previous post: Too Busy For Goals.

From then on, any time the phrase “I’m too busy to . . .” popped into my head, I changed it to “I’ve chosen not to prioritize . . .”

-Tim Grahl, Running Down A Dream

Too Busy For Goals

Too Busy For Goals

You are not too busy for X.

What me to prove it?

Here you go: Are you too busy to eat today?

I didn’t think so.

This is 100%. Because the truth of it all is that you have made a choice about your priorities.

Is watching football all day Saturday more important than whatever goal you are after?

You reveal your preferences, as the economists say…

I mean, do you have any idea how much TV (and such) I give up to read and write everyday?

I realized that this idea of “too busy” was a big fat lie. Saying I was too busy was offloading the responsibility from me. The truth is, I have a huge amount of autonomy over my life. Almost everything in my life is something I choose to have in my life. Everything from the small things like buying a cup of coffee and avoiding work for an hour to big things like being married and buying a house. These are all choices I have made and continue to make.

-Tim Grahl, Running Down A Dream

Sterling Terrell