Identifying What Really Matters
Taking Inventory of Your Life
We are so flawed as humans. Wasting so much of our time on nonsense. Failing to focus on the things that bring us the most joy because we get sidetracked. By the world. By shiny objects. By the Internet. By ourselves. By our ego. But it’s time to stop. So we can identify what really matters.
It may not be the same for you as it is for me, but it can’t be that different. Health. Family. Happiness. Should this list really be longer? Are there more things that truly matter? I would argue yes, of course, there are other things that are meaningful in our lives. But if you have to boil it all down, to focus, do you know matters to you?
If you do, would you be so bothered in traffic? If you do, would you care when one small deal falls through? These things are so utterly meaningless in the grand scheme of your life. But there we are. Feeling bad about it. Or mad. Because the axis of the world isn’t turning our way today.
When we identify what really matters to us and we affirm it every day, it should become easier to shrug off the minutia of life that drags us down. We should all want that.
Taking Inventory
To identify what really matters in your life, you need to take inventory. Of everything in your life. So…