Prioritizing Is For Me - How About You?

Everytime I watch my kids play with an overflowing bin of Barbie dolls, I can't help but be amazed on how they put the different dolls in order. My girls talk with each other with some degree of seriousness in it; are they going to place the dolls according to the length of its dresses? Or, are they simply going to arrange the dolls accoriding to the length of the dolls' hair? As simple as it looks, my girls surely know what they're talking about. They decide between themselves which goes first; which goes next; and which goes last.

As someone who is obviously older in age and more mature in experience, prioritizing becomes more of a necessity rather than an option. Growing up, I have learned to set my priorities straight. If I wanted to do well in an exam, I have to prioritize my studies first before anything else including watching television. But that was way back then when prioritizing is simpler and less complicated. As a doting mother of two wonderful and active children, I learn to juggle my time and prioritize these many different responsibilities and obligations in my life. Since I went back to school last year and got accepted in the 'most coveted' program in the city (yes, I'm referring to Creative Communications), I soon realized that if I were so organized in my life prior to that, I've got to be more 'extra' organized when in school. Since last year, I never thought that I could be one 'Wonder Woman' (minus the tight-fitting & body-hugging 'flag' costume). I meticulously organized my life at home, at school and at church. Starting next week, my life would go back to its usual pace of 'breathing CreComm-sleeping CreComm-eating CreComm- living CreComm'. My notebook-sized planner will help me keep organized and somehow, help me keep on-track of things. But there are unwritten reminders that I breathe in and out on a daily basis which include parenting and housekeeping. I am so glad and very fortunate that I have a husband who also shares in my daily struggles of being a student, a mother, a wife and housekeeper (and of course, being a community service volunteer).

My final year in the Creative Communications Program will definitely mark 'success' on my part personally. Setting my priorities straight (and to excel on each one), is no easy task; there are 24 hours in a day and to purposely give my best on every single thing is a feat in itself.