Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Priorities and Posteriorities
lifehack.org: "Priorities. While our lives get more chaotic and demanding, we’re constantly trying to remember what our priorities are, and to prioritize time spent on our priorities."
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I am someone who has a lot of trouble with the idea of posteriorities. I think it is hard for people to separate out posteriorities from general tasks. I know I have trouble saying "no" to people, but I am working on it. You just don't want to dissapoint people, that's all. However, this is definately a valuable article to read and a valuable skill to have.
I definetly think that the ability to say no is incredibly important, as well as, difficult. I feel that especially just starting out in this industry we are taught to say yes to everything because you will never know what will get that next really great job. While I think having the ability to say no is incredibly important I also feel that sometimes we are going to have to say yes to everything and do some things we don't like to get to where we do.
I agree completely that people need to learn to say no more often. It just gets to a point where all of your commitments simply cannot be kept. So keep the number down before it gets that far. The one thing I liked most in the article was this quote, “Discover what you don’t like doing and stop doing it.” It is so true and that's why I'm in theatre - so I don't do some office job or something like that for the rest of my life - something I wouldn't enjoy. I've already started applying that to my career choice. Now of course there are things you won't particularly enjoy but will ultimately get you to your goal - and everyone needs to do these things. They shouldn't be confused with. But in general - saying no, and prioritizing and identifying posteriorities is something that we all need to do.
This is a great article, especially for me right now. We are loaded down with so much work, and I have been learning to say no for a while, but my problem was that I was giving 110% on EVERYTHING. It is not that I am now lowering my standards, just being more reasonalbe about how much is needed for a commitment. What I am finding most difficult is that people who are close to me don't understand that I have school as my TOP priority, so when it comes to posterioritizing, I have to deal with the personal rifts that come up between me and other people.
Wow... that's me in a nutshell... I can't say no... ever. I feel horrible horrible guilt saying no - regardless of if the person is really close to me or not. The whole needing to please thing... GAH! I wish it was as simple as just reading this article to help fix the need to please syndrome... but I think it's one of those things that takes quite some time to finally achieve... I haven't even started the process. =/
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