Priorities

I've wanted to do this for some time. Clients have been asking for it; friends have been suggesting it; my own thoughts and ideas have pressed me to be chronicled and shared. I must write a book... I need to start a blog. Each day I'd put it off, saying I don't yet have the time to start.

The quote of the day today caught me, and made me question my hesitancy:

"I still find each day too short
for all the thoughts I want to think,
all the walks I want to take,
all the books I want to read,
and all the friends I want to see."
- John Burroughs

So being the good coach I try to be to others, I made an observation and then asked myself a hard question. I believe that we prioritize to experience what we really want... and rationalize to avoid what we don't want. It's that simple. I heard myself say I didn't have time yet. Truth is, I wasn't owning my choice to make other activities a higher priority.

To quote a fabulous book I recently finished, It's All in Your Head : Thinking Your Way to Happiness by Stephen M. Pollan and Mark Levine: "we can have anything, we just can't have everything". (Stephen Wright adds, "where would you put it?") Whether or not we own our choices, we are making them.

So welcome to this first step, with which I begin my journey. Oh yes, and I will also frequently write about career coaching, the main subject of this blog, and the job that I absolutely truly love.