Establishing Priorities

Last Sunday, the idea came to me to live my life according to my priorities, instead of living life according to what is urgent or fun. I'm such a procrastinator, that often I miss out on the most important things because I'm frantically focusing on the urgent things or so exhausted from my last minute rush that I am recuperating by doing "fun" things. I came across a great talk by Elder Ballard (an Apostle in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) entitled "Keeping Life's Demands in Balance" (April 1987 Conference Talk). He gives eight great suggestions for achieving balance in life. As I was searching for information on priorities, I came across a talk by Elder Oaks (also an Apostle) entitled "Focus and Priorities" (April 2001 Conference Talk). I like the emphasis this talk places on "focus" and I'm looking forward to reading what Elder Oaks has to say about "priorities." Here's to a more efficient and effective life in 2009!