How teens can set priorities

As a young person setting priorities is very important if you want to lead a well-organized life. The rewards of setting priorities are many but the most important is that, you are more likely to reach your goals and reach them faster, if you set priorities. Setting priorities is all about deciding what is most important and what needs to be done first. You do not need to do everything in one night. Prioritize what needs to be done early in the week, and what can be done later. If you are focusing on a few tasks a day at a time rather than worrying about all of them every night you will do a better job on each assignment. The first thing to consider when you’re learning how to set priorities is to determine what your goals are. You might have big ones and small ones, and you may have one goal or many goals. You just need to figure out what they are and write them down. It’s the first step just because you can’t set your priorities without knowing what you want to achieve in the first place. Once you have decided on your goals and priorities, work on their clarity. State them as simply as you can. Then learn how to balance them if you have several goals. Learning how to balance them all is just part of life. If you pay too much attention to one priority, others may begin to suffer. Strive to be aware of your priorities at all times. At the end of the day or week it will help you to assess your progress. Next, you should get organized. Being organized is key when you are learning how to set priorities. With organizational skills, comes efficiency. You can eventually learn how to do more with less time, which will allow you to achieve more of your goals. After you get organized with your priority list, you might be tempted to have your attention on too many things at once. You need to realize that there are only 24 hours in a day. There are things you wanted to accomplish that you won’t be able to just yet. Schedule it for another day and don’t sweat it. Everyone’s mind begins to stray every now and then, which is okay sometimes. But you don’t want to allow procrastination to creep up on you. Keep your eyes on your priorities. Keep your enthusiasm because it is very important when setting priorities. If you are not jazzed up about your goals, you may end up losing interest. Achieving priorities and goals is very difficult without a dose of passion. You can keep it up by remembering what’s really important to you. Lastly, if you’ve made an achievement towards a priority or goal, don’t just cross it off your list and move on to the next thing. Take some time out to reward yourself for a job well done. You deserve it! martin.bishop18@yahoo.com