Uh-oh

As I begin to dig deeper into "First Things First', I'm seeing myself more and more as an addict of what is urgent rather than what is important. It's either the clock or the compass and I think that I'm more transfixed by the clock than I am by the compass.

It's an urgency addiction. Well, I'm not over the top on it, but I do tend to have this mindset about doing what is urgent rather than what is important. Covey says, "Daily planning and 'to do' lists essentially keep us focused on prioritizing and doing the urgent. And the more urgency we have in our lives, the less importance we have."

I've got something that is important to do on my list for this week, but it is not 'urgent', therefore I have let it slide for a couple of weeks. Other things have seemed more important at the time.

This is just the beginning of a process for me which will be a great help to me not only in my personal life and job at the bnak, but even more so in ministry.

What I want to try to do next week is the split my 'to do' list into 2 parts; the urgent and the important. Right now I don't have a grid for splitting them up, but I want to try it and see what happens.