Do You Have a Process?

Process and priority are two words that have been spoken a lot in my life lately.  Each come with its own struggles for me.  To grasp these words and get an idea of how they should govern my task list and lifestyle, I decided to take a moment to truly identify their meaning.

As defined by http://www.merriam-webster.com
Process - a series of actions or operations conducing to an end
Priority - something given or meriting attention before competing alternatives

Process stands out as something that will take time (a series, more than one) and action, but will have an end result.  Furthermore the time and action poured into the process should directly impact the end result.  So what I can conclude from this understanding is that if I do not take time and go through the series of actions then I have an incomplete process and a faulty product.  Although super simple and possibly overused, it holds true: you can’t put walls on a house before the foundation is set or the house will not stand.  Now patience is a trait that I struggle with greatly.  I like to see things move at super speed and review a whole list of accomplishments, rather than have a list of things still in progress.  What I have learned however is that at that pace I often lose my joy and have no memories to cherish because quite honestly everything is a blur.  I know that I need to slow down and work the processes of life.  I need to allow time to catch up with my actions and make sure that my actions are consistent over time.

What about you, is there a process that you have given time but no action, or maybe you threw in a lot of super speed action and have given it no time? I hope that you can find the peaceful balance of both the time and action that you may see a result worthy of its process.

I know for me there are many things on my ‘in progress” list.  I am going to take some time to look at each. I will see if the current stage is because it is just part of the process or if I have overlooked the process by either lacking action or time.  Once completed,  I will move on to priority which will be discussed in the next blog post.

Will you join me?  I know there are goals out there just waiting on you to go through the process.