To Do: Check Your Big Rocks

I LOVE this story. I live my life by it. Read please:

After filling the jar to the top with rocks he asked, “Is the jar full?”

People could see that no more rocks would fit, so they replied, “Yes!

“Not so fast,” he cautioned. He then got some gravel from under the table and added it to the jar, filling the spaces between the rocks. Again, he asked, “Is the jar full?”

This time the students replied “Probably not.”

The presenter then reached a bucket of sand below the table, and dumped it on the jar, filling the spaces between the rocks and the gravel. Once again he asked “Is the jar full?”

“No!”, the students shouted.

Finally, he grabbed a pitcher of water and filled the jar completely, asking to the public what they could learn from that illustration.

One of the participants answered, “If you work at it, you can always fit more into your life.”

“No,” said the presenter. “The point is, if you don’t put the big rocks in first. . . would you ever have gotten any of them in?” {from here}

Here is my deal, I started this new job (which I love, right) but I put it 100% first in my life. No, I am realizing that I really need to get my "big rocks" in check.

My Big Rocks: (not really in order)

-my health

-church

-my family

-eating healthy

-exercising

-respecting myself

-taking care of my belongings

-my friends

-my finances and savings

These are the "If everything else in my life fails, Ill still have these." So I like to make sure that I keep them as my priority and I haven't been doing that lately.

So I have decided that I shouldn't date anyone or worry about guys until I get some things in check in my own life. Plus, I could REALLY avoid all of that extra drama in my life right now.