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How Do you Cope?
By M. E. Wood

We get pulled at from all directions to enlist our energy and time to do a little extra work here, provide a little help there. Lets face it we can only do so much.

So how do I cope? One word: Prioritize. Yeah, yeah, you’ve heard that before. But did you actually do it the last time you heard it? What are your priorities? Mine are my family, my work and myself. Every decision I make is determined by these three priorities and how they will be affected. When I am asked to do something. I weigh how it will affect my priorities. If the perceived outcome is not good then I reply “no, but thank you for thinking of me”. This may seem a bit selfish to some but that’s why they are my priorities.

We only have one life that we know of to live. We cannot spend it making everyone else happy. Well maybe you can. What are your priorities?

*published at OnlyReal.com / June 2000 Viewpoint