It Won’t All Fit: How to Prioritize When Everything Feels Important

Life is full. Maybe too full. So, how do you choose what to let go? What things are optional? What things are impossible to let go? How do you know the difference? Today we’re discussing how to choose what to let go when life is too full. You’ll learn: Why resisting the reality that it won’t all fit makes exhaustion worse. How your WHY can help you identify what matters most during this season of your life. How to choose what stays, what goes, and what you may need from your partner to make that choice work. Habit for Your Happily Ever After This week’s habit for your happily ever after is to find your WHY. If you are feeling too-much-tired and you realize something has to give, take a moment and think about all the things you do in a typical day. Then tell me WHY each of those things matters. When you hear yourself articulate WHY something is important to you, you will hear why some things are more important than others. Dig deeper with your WHY question. Here is an episode I did several years ago that uses this WHY question to discover deeper and deeper layers. Date Night Discussion In our discussion today we had a progression: Accept reality: because it won’t all fit Use WHY questions to help you identify what matters most to you Finally, I invite you to choose: what stays? What goes? What will you need to talk with your partner about in order for you to successfully let something go? Do you need to ask for help? Do you need to discuss how your change will impact your family? Want more? Listen to this interview with Monica Packer to hear more about how to value your needs Connect to Improve Your Relationship Communication Visit the show notes. Buy my book. Listen to my book. Please subscribe to my newsletter here. This unlocks personal invitations from me only available to my subscribers. Follow me on Tik Tok. Follow me on Instagram. Reach me at 970-210-4480