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Faith, Family, Business: Tips To Achieving Balance

Do you find yourself struggling to balance spending quality time with your family, exercising your faith and running a business all in the same day? Is it really possible to have the best of every aspect of life and still keep your sanity?

Time management or should I say, "Life" management, is a very critical piece in every persons life that desires to leave a legacy in this world. Life is no longer as simple as it used to be and we all thought that as new technology is introduced, it would make everything easier, but unfortunately it makes everyone more demanding.

There are a few key steps to achieving balance in your life, and I believe that if applied correctly, it will dramatically improve your lifestyle.

#1. Keep a journal for one week that clearly outlines where all your time is being spent. This will help you see where all your time is being invested. This may sound foolish, but the average person spends about 72 hours watching television over the course of a week. We all enjoy good entertainment, but some of that time could be spent building relationships or making a few extra bucks.

#2. Review the journal and analyze where the time is being spent. This will help you to see who or what is getting the most attention and where adjustments may need to be made.

#3. List your priorities. These vary from person to person, but we all have them. This is a step that cannot be skipped because here is where you list your passions. Mine are as follows: God, Family, Ministry, Work, Hobbies and everything else falls below that.

#4. Place two columns beside the priority list. The first column is the percentage of time that your journal says you spent in each area. The second column is the desired percentage that you want to reach in that area. This is where is begins to be fun because you have reached a point in which your taking action to improve your life based on your priorities.

#5. Set goals. For each of your priorities set a one year goal that you would like to attain outlining the percentage of daily or weekly time you would like to commit to it. Then set a six month goal after that which will act as a key milestone. Next, list a 3 month, 1 month, 1 week and tomorrows goals after that. This will help in you in taking a little action each day towards that one year goal.

#6. Stick to your plan. Procrastination is probably the number one reason for failure. Nobody wants to fail and I believe that each person in this world has the potential to be successful at whatever they set their heart to do. Perseverance is the ability to pick yourself up after failure and continue moving forward towards your goals.

Hopefully this article is helpful to you in achieving balance in your life based on the things that are most dear to your heart. There will be days that you'll fall short, but if you keep focused and don't give up on your goal, you will reach it.

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