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August 23

"First things first" is a simple slogan we can use to determine our priorities.

There is always a sensible order for handling whatever we need to do today. Obsessing about all our responsibilities at once makes us anxious. No doubt we have all stared at stacks of work or sat at the kitchen table mulling over our "to do" list, immobilized by the quantity of work to be done. Consequently, the first time we hear the slogan "First things first," we wonder how it can be applied to our lives.

We may need to ask a sponsor for help in prioritizing our responsibilities at first. It's not easy to focus on them one at a time. But there is always a natural order to handling our responsibilities. We simply lack the objectivity to see it.

Once we have experienced setting priorities and the relief it gives us from thinking of all our tasks at once, we'll count on the slogan "First things first." It will bring balance to our lives every day.

I need to do many jobs today. To keep productive and sane, I'll use the slogan "First things first."

Today's reading is from the book A Life of My Own: Meditations on Hope and Acceptance*