there are...

priorities, and then there are priorities. theres this management thing i heard about that teaches people to categorize things into important and urgent, important but not urgent, not important but urgent, and not important and not urgent (but then why would it be listed?)anyway, its supposed to make you manage your time better. i have to say, it does help. but when you are ambivalent about what needs to be important or urgent, you cant take that first step into penning down something in any category, cuz youre still wondering. thats how i am. sometimes i think it is really hard to finalize what needs to be done first. for example, talking to parents. either a phone call or eating a meal with them. its not urgent, but its important. so whenever there is time. actually if it could become a regular thing, you should always sit down and hang out with your folks or talk to them. so there are these kind of things that are important but not urgent. reading, learning about the world, exercising, meditating (chi gong), these are things that build up. so you take it baby step at a time. which is also why it is so easy to skip. you always think, ill do it tomorrow. tomorrow might be the day you need it the most and you wouldnt even know it.
this is the hardest one to achieve. there are so many things i want to do, so that while im thinking about whether or not to do them, i waste away my time. at least its good that i know that now...sigh.