Wisdom-Trek / Creating a Legacy
Welcome to Day 161 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.
This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom.
Life is Like a Whirlwind
Thank you for joining us for our 7 days a week, 7 minutes of wisdom podcast. This is Day 161 of our Trek and yesterday we looked at why life is like a mouse.  Today and throughout this week, we will be presenting a series of short wisdom stories. If you miss any days of our Wisdom-Trek, please go to Wisdom-Trek.com to listen to them and read the daily journal.



We are recording our podcast from our studio at ‘The Big House’ in Marietta, OH.  This episode will be released on Sunday and Paula, and I will be in Ft. Myer Florida to visit Paula’s aunt for a few days. Beginning Tuesday I will start back on focusing each day’s podcast as we will remain at camp for a few days as we dive back into the commentary on the book of Proverbs.



Today we will hike on the Whirlwind Trail where we determine the importance of prioritizing the most important tasks each day.



Today’s story is:
Life is Like a Whirlwind
Run, run, run and then run some more. It is so easy to be in a hurry today darting from one thing to another with gaining little ground in any one thing. For a lot of us, our lives are a whirlwind of activity with household tasks, off to work, checking our messages on our latest technological device that seems to be attached to our hip, scrambling to catch up the work that has piled up and so wanting to get something done. It never seems to stop.



In the past, you probably heard about establishing priorities and labeling these priority A, B, and C where A was the most important and had to be done right away. It seems that most of us have forgotten this rule. However, recently, I watched a video online and was reacquainted with the absolute necessity of establishing priorities and not allowing oneself to become distracted by the myriad of information coming at us at full bore. The real challenge is to be able to control the extraneous demands coming to us demanding our attention.



But, when it is all said and done, there are reasons to set priorities on a daily basis - if you do not, you will see yourself flitting like a hummingbird from flower to flower, or project or demand and on to the next without getting anything marked off the major to do list.



An example of planning and prioritizing is found in Proverbs 24:27 Do your planning nd prepare your fields before building your house. 

If you haven't set your daily priorities for quite some time, maybe a suggestion or two would be welcome.

The easiest and simplest of ways and still one of the most effective is to start to record your major priorities for the day on your calendar. This can be done on your iPad, iPhone, tablet, or any other electronic device, but some prefer to record it on a physical calendar with a pen. Whichever way works best for you; it is best to put it into place immediately.  Some science seems to indicate that initially using a physical calendar and pen lets your brain understand the connection you are making, and it is this conscious connection that makes your note more effective.



The real challenge comes next, and that is to remove or ignore all other events, issues, or demands for your time or attention that could knock you off your track. This is not to say, however, that there might not come along a much more urgent request from a superior. If this happens,