Recalibrating Life & Blogging

08/17/2010

Lifestyle, Social Media

Over the past few months I’ve been taking some time to figure a few things out and get some parts of my life recalibrated so that I can take care of my life in a more manageable way.

Truth be told… over the past year I’ve been working on a few areas of my life that I knew I needed to shape up a bit. In the process, I realized I was going to have to let some areas go from time to time. One of those areas is blogging.

When I started blogging, I was so into it I wrote almost every day. The problem was some days were consumed by just my blog. I love blogging. I really do. But I have way too much going on in my life to just blog all of the time and over consumption of any kind isn’t good for you… right?

So I took a break. I didn’t care if I wrote once a week, once a month… or whenever.

The great thing is twitter and facebook are great to stay connected to community when the blog isn’t that active.

So… I’m back. Life is prioritized and I’m very focused on what is ahead of me.

What is ahead of me? Oh… you will find out soon enough.

The next 12 months are going to be an adventure!

So here’s the question: If you have a lot going on, how do you prioritize where your attention goes?

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  • http://www.jcwert.com JasonWert

    Honestly, it seems like I get pulled in directions I don't want to go most of the time. I need to find a way to control my time rather than letting time control me.

  • 4himcamper

    I have to work on getting my priorities straight…1 thing that usually takes a top priority is homework as I tend to struggle with it so it takes awhile. When I first get up in the morning, I try to get some computer related errands out of the way and homework started by 10 CST…I just need to remember to get my quiet time as the first priority and that hasn't completely happened yet. The rest of my priorities will fall into place better that way.

  • http://www.deanaohara.com Deana OHara

    Family definately gets first pull even if I forget momentarily and hyperfocus on something else. Sometimes that is hard because at my age (45) I feel like I'm chomping at the bit — I love being a mom, don't get me wrong — and I don't regret leaving my career behind to stay at home, still, in two years my youngest will be gone and I'll be returning to full time work. Sometimes I hyper focus on the training, and the experience needed between then and now and I overwhelm my schedule. Even so, they are still my first priority and commitment in my life.

  • Ani

    Hey! Now we still don't know what the good news is. Oh well.

    To answer your question? Hummmm, I really find that difficult. I never had to think about this. Prioritize? That is a word I never use. Well, I think for me above all I have to prioritize Jesus. I think that is what the word "prioritize" means, right? To put the important things or people first. Well Jesus is the most important in my life. I can't breathe if He is not in my life. I'm lost than. But that is a constant thing I have to do becasue life can be so busy that I sometimes forget. So I have to do it again. Oh maybe you mean to prioritize that this will not happen anymore? Even if you didn't mean that it's a good thing. I should think over this one. I don't know if I answered your question but it sure helped me.
    Oh and after Jesus, well I don't have family, yes in France but that's difficult. So the two people who are as my "parents" and my friends are next. I have to stay in contact with them. I found out that when I worked and worked my social life was bad. People kept calling me wondering where I was. Was not good. I payed a high price for that. But life goes on and God gives new opportunities and new chances. So they are second. And after that : work. Oh my hobbies are important too. But I find this post difficult. It's something I don't think about. It just happens. Sometimes even circumstances make you prioritize people or things. My experience is it never goes the way you expected it. So how can you prioritize? You can do a part but not all. I'm not even sure anymore if I understand your question. Oh well, at least I have something to work at.

    Don't need to apologize for my long comment, right? You should know me by now. Bye bye.

  • http://twitter.com/HSchiefelbein @HSchiefelbein

    I commend you on your disciplined step-back from blogging and then your intentional refocusing of priorities. And your teaser about the next 12 months is keeping us on the edge of our seats.

    As for me, I too have fallen behind on blogging on a regular basis. I'm starting a class in the fall and settling into a new work schedule which should allow for a more disciplined approach to writing. I'm very excited about this. I process my incredibly busy schedule by finding 15 minutes at the start of the week and 5 minutes at the start of each day to get my game plan together. Invaluable discipline, which often eludes me. Thanks for the prompting to be self-reflective.

  • His Girl

    Priorities can be an ever changing platform that we stand on it. I think it is constantly moving and we must be constantly on top of them. For instance years ago I wrote and wrote often because it was part of a healing process for me. As much as I loved it I don't find the time. My blog is now more for me an for any person who stumbles on it. Where I had a large readership now a handful may saunter by in days. Like you, it was not a priority because so many other areas needed to be my priority.

    My first priority really needs to be my relationship with God. When that is off everything else is. Then my children and those who are in my care. Then my relationships with others. Relationships are so critical because we were made for them. They take time and investment in ourselves. Then there are the other priorities that can help or hinder the top three. Those are the ones that really need to be managed like blogging time, or social media in general.

    Thanks for asking the question. It really spurned me into some self analysis and my own priorities.