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Flexible Working Webguide - My priorities

Released 19th April, 2012|6,777 Views
My priorities
 
If you are considering making changes in how you organise your time it may help to have a look at your personal priorities in the whole of your life: work, partner, children, friends etc. Which areas of your life can be difficult or do you anticipate will be difficult? What is most important for you, and what do you need to hold it all together?
 
See the list below to think about whether you are really living life according to your priorities:
 
Number the following in the order you consider them priorities (eg if your children are the most important thing in your life, give them number 1, partner 2, work 3 etc).
 
You will need to print out the page, or copy and paste it into another document, in order to enter your answers.
 
When you've done the exercise once, order the activities again according to the time you actually spend on them.
 
                               
Priority
Time
 Description
 
 
 Work
 
 
 Housework
 
 
 Partner
 
 
 Me time
 
 
 Children
 
 
 Leisure
 
 
 Friends
 
 
 Other family (eg parents)
 
 
 Community activities
 
 
 Add your own
 
 
 

 

                             

 

 
                             
 
You may find the results show your life is well balanced and that the amount of time you spend on each area is about equal to its importance to you. However, many will find that they are spending a great deal of time on things which are low on their list of priorities and much less time on those which are high. If the results show a need for change, start by just picking off one thing you would like to change (again you will need to print out or copy and paste this form).
 
I am committed to making………………………my priority
 
Specifically this means:
 
1………………………………………………..
2……………………………………………….
3………………………………………………
 
How this will benefit me:
 
I will make…………….(amount of time) per day to do this,  starting …................ (date)
 
The first thing I must do is:
 
………………………………………………………………….
 
What could get in the way of making this happen?
 
………………………………………………………………………
 
What can I do to overcome this?
 
………………………………………………………………
 
Who can support me to make this happen?
 
……………………………………………………………………………………….
 
Once you have successfully made a change in one area, move onto the next, always setting yourself very specific measurable goals. There are many self-help life coaching books and websites which can help you think about how to make changes to your life.
 
(The idea for this exercise was kindly provided by Sarah Litvinoff - life coach and author)
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