In my last blog, I feel like I may have left you hanging. Maybe you could identify with the idea of living a life without a mission or purpose or direction. Never confuse busyness with authentic purpose. In this blog, you are going to need to use your imagination. I want you to imagine that you only have one year to live. I know this isn’t something we like to think about or talk about, but it is necessary to get your mind focused on what’s really important.
I want you to imagine that you have just been notified that you’ve got one year, 12 months, 365 days. The clock starts right now. Don’t worry about saying good bye to loved ones or getting a will in place. Let’s assume that’s all done. Just focus on how you will live for the next 365 days. Take some time and answer the following questions the best way that you can.
• Who will you spend your time with? Why?
• How will you spend your time with the ones you’ve chosen to be with?
• Is there anything you need to work out with God?
• Are there any big decisions that need to be made?
• Is there anything you’ve been putting off that you need to take action on?
• Is there anyone you need to apologize to?
• What legacy are you going to leave?
• What’s important now that wasn’t important before? Why?
• What do you worry about?
• What were you worrying about before that you are not worrying about now?
• Is there anything you haven’t done that you would like to do?
• Is there anything that you’ve been doing that needs to stop?
• Do you have any regrets? What are they?
• What are you most excited about?
• What do you want people to say about you in 12 months?
• What do you want people to know?
I hope you found this exercise enlightening. My hope is that your mind is really turning about the big things of life right now. Let me ask you this. Are you going to do anything different? Has anything changed in your life? If so, I want you to start writing it down immediately. Don’t wait for tomorrow or another minute. Write down the top 5 things that need to change in your life right now. Do not hesitate. Write them down.
Once you’ve written those things down, you are well on your way to defining your top priorities. The approach that you just took should have cut right to the chase. We want to get to the top priorities and not waste any time with things that don’t matter. You are beginning the process of doing great things.
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