Place Your Problems in Perspective
If you don’t do this, your daily difficulties will line up, each insisting it is more important than the other. Pretty soon, all you’ll be able to hear are your problems screaming for attention.
I like to use the number system, starting with 5 and going down to 1. Let me show you:
5 is a situation that requires immediate attention.
4 is one that can be set aside for the afternoon.
3 can wait until tomorrow
2 is in no big rush—seems to be no hurry
1 is one of those bugaboos that might just work itself out without your interference
If you don’t assign numbers to your trials, they will all start seeming to be “1’s,” until suddenly you fear them as “5’s.”
Each day has just enough time to handle the necessary aggravation.
There you go—that’s it.
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