You understand how everybody covers priorities and resolutions in the beginning of the year? Well, I type of put it off.

If procrastination were a different nation, it may be the largest nation on earth, but we'd never know because no you might circumvent to counting the people. Let me share migration agents in Harris Park a couple of quotes I looked up when I would have been doing something else (these are from stopprocrastinatinginfo.com):

Mark Twain said, "Never defer until tomorrow what you can do the afternoon after tomorrow."

Joe Ryan said: "There's nothing to match curling up with a good book when there exists a repair job to be performed round the house."

Author Unknown also had several comments on procrastination:

"You understand you're getting old when it requires an excessive amount of effort to procrastinate."
"I really do my work on the same time each day-the last minute."
"Only Robinson Crusoe had everything done by Friday."
Some could be surprised that I am admitting to having a problem with procrastination. You see, could work going back 30 years has been just deadlines, and I've done my best and pushed myself, and I've met a lot more than 99 percent of these deadlines.

But the problem is, I have found YOU CAN'T DO EVERYTHING! So, I am aware I've defer and neglected many considerations, while meeting small deadlines. Just what exactly I'm trying to master is how to learn when to procrastinate, and when not to. More accurately:

What things can we procrastinate about, and what should we never defer?

I've found that with time management, it's exactly about priorities.

1. Our first priority is setting priorities.

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus Christ laid out the basic principles of the Christian way of life. In Matthew 6 He gave numerous examples showing where our priorities should be. He also allows us to know what's worth fretting about, and I know that many of us procrastinators also have trouble with worry. We worry so much about how precisely to complete something that people don't get it done, and then we worry about the results of our procrastination! But Jesus Christ gives us the antidote to worry and the main element to the very best usage of our time.

Matthew 6:33 says, "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these exact things will be included with you."

So what exactly of God should have first priority within our lives! Things such as prayer and Bible study and loving and looking after our families, serving our brethren and the widows, writing cards to the sick and the shut-ins, helping with Church activities, and... Whoa! Even these exact things need to be prioritized! We may become overwhelmed with and become weary with doing good!

So we also need to remember other good issues that are element of God's way of life, like getting enough sleep, eating a healthier diet, getting exercise, maintaining the main international news, continuing our education, being a good employee, keeping our home in good shape and so on.

So, after every one of these priorities, where does that leave hobbies and entertainment? When they are uplifting and positive and we are able to fit them in, these diversions are great! God wants us to savor life and be balanced. However you will probably find that after putting all of the priorities in first, there's less time for any questionable entertainment, and there definitely is virtually no time for time wasters and degrading entertainment.

So, once we make a prioritized set of priorities, it can help us with another point of decision making. When someone comes for you having an invitation or the opportunity comes as much as get involved in something, what would you do? We've to take into account where it fits within our priority list. We've to incorporate up the hours within our day. We've to count the price and make a decision.

2. Don't overcommit.

In Ecclesiastes 5:4-5 Solomon is making a point in regards to a vow to God. That is a critical commitment that people should uphold to the fullest. But in the New Testament we are told to swear generally not very, but which our "yes" must have the same truthful force as if we had vowed. So let's consider how to apply Ecclesiastes 5:4-5 within our promises and commitments:

"When you make a vow to God, do not delay to cover it; for He does not have any pleasure in fools. Pay that which you have vowed-better to not vow than to vow and not pay."

Better to state no than to state yes however, not follow through. After every one of these years, I am hoping I'm understanding how to a little bit when to state no, when to not commit to something. I want to grab every visitor who concerns the airport. I want to help with every move. I want to help with every activity. But sometimes, when other priorities like family are increasingly being neglected, you've to state no.

But enough about "no." Christ also said, let your "yes" be "yes." And my third point is:

3. Do what exactly you prioritize and promise to do.

Doing could be the antidote to analysis paralysis and procrastination. In one of His parables, Jesus contrasts two servants. One servant figured his master was delayed, so there is no urgency in doing his job. In fact, he just made a decision to party and act as if he'd constantly in the world.

But the other servant is the one we want to be like. Luke 12:42-43 says: "And the Lord said,'Who then is that faithful and wise steward, who his master will make ruler over his household, to give them their percentage of food in due season? Blessed is that servant whom his master may find so doing when he comes."

Let me end with a couple of more inspirational quotes:

Gerald Vaughan said, "Procrastination is something best defer until tomorrow."
George Claude Lorimer said, "Postponing an easy thing causes it to be hard. Postponing a difficult thing causes it to be impossible."
And Author Unknown, in most his wisdom, said, "The simplest way to get something done is to begin."
So let's work this week on focusing on priorities and fighting procrastination, and becoming more like our Father in heaven.

As Anne Frank said, "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before beginning to boost the world"!