You can always end up facing two or more choices which require an equal amount of time to complete and are of equal priority. When you find yourself deluged with options, here’s a little checklist that can help you get back in control of your decision making:
1. Realize and accept that there’s ALWAYS more to do than there is time to do it.
The key word in the above statement is ‘always’. Even if you would like to complete all the tasks and projects currently in you to-do lists, you would need the rest of your life to finish them off.
2. Brainstorm. Is there a way you can attempt both the items in your to-do list?
Look at the tasks again. Maybe you can do more. Draw a mind-map of how you can attempt two or more of the tasks simultaneously. Ask yourself if perhaps there is someone who you didn’t think of earlier to whom you can delegate one of the tasks. Review your calendar. Pray for wisdom!
3. If two or more items have equally high priority, accept that time limitations make it possible to do just one thing.
If you still don’t see a way of hitting both targets with one stone, then do just one thing. Any one. It doesn’t matter. Keep moving forward by trying your best to intuitively select one task among all your high priority tasks.
4. What ever you do, don’t do nothing.
Taking the wrong action is still a whole lot better than inaction. If you select any task from your list, the worst case scenario would be that you have selected the second most important task, which is infinitely better than doing nothing.
5. Finally try your best and to God leave the rest.
Realize and accept that you are not in charge of everything or everyone, nor responsible for outcomes where you have no control. Your only responsibility is to try your best in every situation. That’s all you can do - that’s all you have control over. Defer to the Lord and pray that what you do and say glorifies God in the end.
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