My Personal Priorities - Summary

My Personal Priorities - Summary

January 18, 2018

INTRODUCTION

This list of priorities is the fruit of having prayed and requested prayers for this. The first version was written on April 25, 1997.

This list helps me to remember and focus on what is most important to me. These are presented in the order of their significance to me.

This has been shared with family and friends. Also, it has been shared with supporters. Those supporters include intercessors, advisers, and donors.

Every person will have a unique list of personal priorities. Some of them may change over time. These have not changed for me in 11 years.

These are based on work I had done related to finding my passions and values.

I find that I must both consider the long-term big picture from time to time while also digging into the daily details. This list of my personal priorities is like a grid to help me sort out matters when navigating long-term hopes and making important choices.

Because my number one priority is to take excellent care of my health I have also made a list of My Healthcare Priorities http://tiny.cc/JSO-Healthcare

Note that I am single and never married. So there is no mention of spouse, children or grandchildren. I have zero interest in dating, courtship or related social activities.

The core of my intention is on moving forward with my many plans.During the coming years, I intend to both launch a business and nonprofit.They will be expressions of what lives deep inside my soul.

I request your best prayers related to these. May God grant me strength and courage to actually follow through on them.

I have put this in this blog post. There I welcome your comments and questions.

You are challenged to write your own list of priorities or adapt these.

LIST

#1 Take excellent care of my health.

#2 Take appropriate care of my safety.

#3 Pay all of my bills in full and on time.

#4 Make my home office and future offices into effective

productivity centers.

#5 Stay on a personal and professional budget.

#6 Make consistent progress toward fulfilling my vision

of developing and enjoying a well-balanced life.

#7 Gain the skills, resources, knowledge, assistance,

support, advice, connections, etc. that can help me

in achieving all these priorities.

#8 Work on projects that I enjoy.

#9 Work with people that I enjoy.

#10 Nurture a few close friendships.

#11 Save an appropriate amount of money.

#12 Acquire a balanced and growing investment portfolio.

The following priorities were not mentioned previously.

They are already a major and balanced part of my life.

#A Develop and enjoy my personal relationship with God.

#B Practice charity in thoughtful and gracious ways.

#C Continue my lifelong learning.

Here is the blog post where I invite your comments and questions.