Priorities

The events of the last few months have me thinking a lot about priorities. This isn't so much as a Sperbs thing as a help-your-son-avoid-your-own-mistakes thing, since my priorities as a younger adult weren't always where they should be.

If a close friend or family member needs you is his or her presence for good reasons (like a wedding or reunion) or bad reasons (like illness or a funeral), that must be Priority One. Everything else can take a back seat in those situations. Twenty years down the road, both you and your friend/family member will be much more glad that you were there with and for him/her during the best and worst times than you would if you'd gone to class or work that day.

If somebody is paying you for your time, the task they for which pay you during that time for which you are being paid should be your next priority (I'm on lunch break right now - that's different ;-}). This similarly applies to school work during school hours until you get into the working world.

Your priorities after that will define and be determined by who you are and what you value. As long as those first two are in place, you should be in great shape no matter where you take it from there.