It’s easy to feel overwhelmed looking at your to-do list, especially if you are faced with the prospect of additional demands.
The best starting point is first finding out where you are currently spending your time. Record what you are doing and how much time each activity requires. You can group these into categories, such as family, personal devotional life, business, ministry and service.
Next, reflect and evaluate. How is the way you spend your time lining up with your priorities and what’s important to you? Are there priorities that aren’t represented by how you spend your time?
Finally– and this is the hard part– set appointments that reflect your priorities. Doing this likely means dropping or delegating some things you’re already doing. But setting your calendar to reflect your priorities will allow you to invest your time in what God has called you to do.
As good as the blog entry was, it is that question itself that has captivated me. I’ve kept the email notice in my inbox so that several times a day I notice those words: “What is God putting on your to-do list?” and I’ve been asking Him. And listening for the answers. I have a sense that an openness to the question will be as important as any time management technique I master. “What are YOU putting on my to-do list, God?” “What are YOU asking me to do or not to do?” “How do you want to use this day and the days to come?”
Thanks for all that you do to help so many others – including me – to be faithful.
Blessings,
Mary