How to Prioritize, Pursue Goals, and Focus When You Have Many Interests

"Someone who balances his interests, who limits his life." ~ Vincent Price

I can't keep quiet.

As a child, I wandered, behaved immorally, climbed everywhere - it was a nightmare for my parents, teachers and anyone who cared for me. One year later, my school behavior test report said: "It leaves you unnecessary."

During my teenage years, I suddenly fell silent. But my mind was not silent; still boiling inside.

I wish to inspire. Whenever I have a few minutes alone, while waiting in a car or in a queue, for example, I pull out my phone and start reading. Whether I am taking notes, anything keeps my mind busy.

I have many interests. If I let myself indulge in them, I would be ubiquitous, spread out like a French pancake.

Fortunately, I have learned to keep them threatened, like gifts I can open at will. (Or sometimes the wrap may not hold… I'm just a person.)

I know I am not alone in my situation. Have you ever wondered about these things yourself?

How can I keep my mind focused on the one thing I should do?

How can I stay motivated to pursue one goal and follow my plan when I want to do 100 things?

How can I satisfy my many desires in the limited time I have?

Over time, I have learned to cope with these challenges, and fortunately I have found a solution.

Here is a six-step process that I have refined over the years. With it, I can create more interests and stay focused on doing things. It gives me quick and flexible results.

1. What you should have.

The first step is to define what activities are most important in your life at this time - activities that are in the area of ​​life you want. Examples include: spending time with your family and friends, exercising, reading, listening to music and traveling.

Being part of your personal growth plan is also important, because it will make you the person you want to be. Examples include: learning new skills, improving existing ones, starting a separate business, and advancing your career.

All of these activities you must have; they are important to you and can have a profound effect on your life. This is where you will put your full focus.

Write it all down in a list.

2. The needy.

Then decide which activities you will do. What is important to your enjoyment or curiosity? These activities are usually hobbies, hobbies, movies, games, and books.

Write down your good deeds in the second column.

3. Wipe off clutter.

Our brain constantly needs encouragement. And simply, our modern society provides it. It will delight our brain with joy through app notifications, endless news, emails, and texts.

All of these motivations and our relentless pursuit of instant gratification lead us to procrastinate.

To get our head out of the water, we have to get rid of the clutter. We need to spend time with the people we have and have peace. Ask yourself the following questions:

What activities do you do that you do not enjoy, even if you do not enjoy them?

What are some of the things that you end up doing because you feel like “you should”, even though they don’t matter to you? (Perhaps you were raised to do it yourself, or peer pressure “forced” you to do these things.)

What are your typical procrastination tasks?

Here are some examples of activities that might fall into this category: watching news, checking your Facebook or email, and watching TV in general.

Take your time to dig into all these activities and write them down in the third column. This is a list of tasks you should stop doing or not do.

Keep a list as a reminder in case you find yourself wasting “time” on these activities.

4. Get your one-page plan.

Now that you have three lists, make a list of the things you need to do and the good things you can do in the weekly schedule.

Set aside time to respond to each task daily or weekly; For example: read 30 minutes every day or practice 30 minutes on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Your allotted time for your duties should naturally be very large. If you find that is not the case, you should go back to steps 1 and 2 and specify what you should have and what you should not have.

5. Track and adjust.

Now that you have your weekly schedule, follow it up during the normal week. Try to stick to a time limit for each activity. Then, daily, write down how much time you spend on all of your activities.

Over the weekend, review your week and analyze the details.

Are you stuck with your plan?

Did you spend more time than you planned on a few activities?

Have you been able to clear up the mess, or have you spent time doing things that are not part of the program?

Based on your answers to the above questions, make changes in your schedule for the coming week. Give more or less time to specific activities where it makes sense.

Delete tasks if necessary. Focus on and commit to getting rid of clutter again.

6. Try, check, shuffle.

Your schedule does not stand still. The whole point of how to indulge in activities and topics that interest you. So feel free to swap your jobs and add new ones at will.

Explore, try whatever you like, and get involved in overcrowded activities to see where it leads you.

Through experimentation and experimentation, your will will learn more about you and what brings you success.

You may find that the only job you have ever wanted to do is not fun and satisfying once you have done it. So you can finish throwing it away, with the satisfaction of trying it.