Priorities

Sometimes I feel as if my life is just one giant list of priorities; my to do list, my homework, my exam schedule, hanging out with my friends, seeing my family, etc., etc...and I am not the best at logical prioritizing of priorities. I somehow always seem to get everything done, it's just not always in the order they should be done in.

Before coming to OU I had few priorities: move in, keep my room clean, rush, join a sorority, meet cute boys, keep a "good" GPA, get actively involved, and find my place in college. Some of these things obviously are more important than others. Coming to college, I put going through formal recruitment and pledging a house as my top priority. I have grown up surrounded by the greek system in my family so I knew that getting into a house would reap the most benefits for me and my personality, and I was definitely correct!

Now that I have moved to Norman, adjusted to my class schedule, gotten used to the grueling hours of U-Sing, learned that sleep doesn't come as easy as it did in high school, learned that mommy isn't here to do things for me anymore, and met plenty of those cute boys talked about early, it isn't so much that my priorities have changed, per say, I have just learned to put them in their correct order. My education and my GPA will always come first now. My parents have told me time and time again that college isn't free and that this will determine the rest of my life, and now I can see that much more clearly. Doing my homework fits into the hours between class and U-Sing practice, studying for quizzes and tests comes before going out with friends, and blogging for leadership is something I must remember to do every week. :)

On an ending note, thank goodness I have my planner, the best planner of all time titled myAgenda, because without it, I don't think I have a shot of making it through one week at OU.

"The key is to not prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities" - Stephen R. Covey