Work it out

If you’re always busy yet feel unfulfilled, you may be spending too much time on unnecessary, draining things. Think about the following:

Balance importance and enjoyment

There are some things we have to do that are important but not enjoyable. How can you make such tasks more enjoyable or ensure you get them done? Could you give yourself a reward for doing them or a consequence for not doing them? Do you need more skills or confidence to be able to enjoy these things?

There are some things we don’t have to do that are not enjoyable. If you do lots of unimportant things that you do not enjoy, ask yourself why you are doing them. Do you have trouble saying no? What can you do to ensure you do less of the things you don’t have to do and don’t enjoy?

Then, there are things that are not important, but are enjoyable. You probably do these things to energise yourself or relax but consider whether you are spending time doing these things at the expense of more important tasks…

Finally, there are important, meaningful and relevant activities that you enjoy. Think about why they are meaningful and relevant and why you enjoy them, so you can identify more activities for this category: