5 Questions That Can Change Your Schedule...and Your Life

When we become overwhelmed with our very full schedules, how can we choose what to pare down? How can we change our schedule to be manageable, fruitful, and rewarding? Ask yourself these 5 questions.

I used to be the worst at saying no. If someone needed help at church, or a babysitter, or a work-project to get done, I was the person whom they could count on. I prided myself for being able to accomplish more than anyone I knew, but the cost was great. I was stressed. I was overwhelmed. I was tired all the time. And my shoulders grew weary from the high level of expectations. Especially mine.

My husband, John, was the one who taught me to say no. After one ultra-busy season, he sat me down and forced me to go over my schedule. Together we asked these questions in order to pare down our calendar:

5 Questions to Change Your Schedule

1. What things are vital?

2. What things are important?

3. What things are optional and can be cut for a season?

4. What things are we doing because we felt guilty for saying now?

5. What great things are we missing out on because we’re saying yes to too many good things?

Take a few minutes and answer these questions. You might want to start with the last one first. What do you miss out on when you forget to say no? One of the most important things is inner renewal.

Blessings,

Tricia, TriciaGoyer.com