Establish Your Priorities

What can a jar teach us about

prioritizing??????

Let’s pretend this jar

represents one day- 24

hours –no more, no less.

As you know, a day fills up fast. So does

the jar!

Is the jar full?

There is no more room

for rocks, but…

…there is plenty of room for pebbles.

Is it full yet?

There is not much more

room for pebbles,

but…

…there is, of course, room

for a lot of water.

Is it full now?

It certainly

is!

So what’s the point?

The significance of the rock, pebble, and water activity is the ORDER in which the items were added to the jar. If we had stared filling the jar with pebbles, we wouldn’t have room for rocks.

The jar is like your time; just as the big rocks automatically made room for for

pebbles and water, you can automatically

make room for “fun stuff” when you take

care of your big priorities first!

So let’s work on your priorities!

Rock Priorities

Your rock priorities are the things you have to do. Examples:• Go to school• Do homework• Help around the

house• Sleep

Pebble PrioritiesPebble priorities are the things you that you really enjoy and want to spend more time doing. Examples:• Sports• Band• Extra-curricular activities• Part-time job• Hobbies• Socializing with friends

Water PrioritiesWater priorities are “If I get to them, great. If not, oh well!” priorities. Examples:• Playing video games• Playing with pets• Watching TV• Texting friends• Playing on the computer