Simplifying an Overwhelmed Schedule: Moving from Priorities to Priority

Famous at Home

Josh + Christi Straub

Parenting, Relationships, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Kids & Family

4.9 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Did you know that the English word "priority," when it came into the English language, stayed singular for 500 years? Not until the 1900's did we make it plural. As Greg McKeown suggests, the result is quite dangerous. When everything is priority, nothing is priority.

As we evaluate our overwhelmed schedule, this one simple exercise has helped us cut through the noise. What is the priority (singular)? This evaluation has led us to make some intentional adjustments, which Christi shares on this week's episode.

Here are some takeaways:

Practical ways to simplify an overwhelming schedule
How to not only give yourself permission to do less, but other people around you
The preciousness of time and how we won't get these years back with our kids
Why Christi is taking a step back and what that looks like

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0:00.0	I want to write this, I want to read this because I thought this was fascinating what he said.
0:03.0	The word priority came into the English language in the 1400s. It was singular. It meant the very
0:09.7	first or prior thing. It stayed singular for the next 500 years. Only in the 1900s did we
0:17.6	pluralize the term and start talking about priorities. Illogically, we reasoned that
0:23.6	by changing the word, we could bend reality. Somehow, we would now be able to have multiple first
0:29.7	things. People and companies routinely try to do just that. I would add parents try to do just that.
0:36.9	One leader told me of his experience in a company
0:39.0	that talked of pri one, pry two, pry three, pry four, and pry five. This gave the
0:44.0	impression of many things being the priority, but actually meant nothing was. You are listening to
0:50.1	the famous at home podcast with Dr. Josh and Christy Straub.
0:54.6	Because when it's all said and done, we all want to know that we were famous at home.
1:04.4	Welcome back to the Famous at Home podcast.
1:07.3	Today we're talking about priority versus priorities, which especially coming up with the holiday season, I think is important.
1:16.0	The new year, it's important. But we've been really asking ourselves a ton of questions. As you guys know, as we've navigated this whole journey of selling our house and, you know, just figuring out what the journey the
1:28.1	Lord has for us and for our family. And it's been a beautiful thing because we're realizing
1:32.4	we're going to build an outpost. We're building one in Pennsylvania. We're building one in Tennessee.
1:38.9	And I mean, we're not building one in Pennsylvania. We are.
1:42.7	Well, we are establishing one. We're establishing one is the right word. For when we're not building one in Pennsylvania. We are. Well, we are establishing one.
1:45.0	Yeah, we're establishing one is the right word.
1:47.4	For when we're here.
1:49.5	And then, but we're building one in Tennessee as our, like, that's our home and our, you know, our place.
1:56.1	But I'm excited.
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