Turn Your TO DO LIST Into a WHAT MATTERS MOST LIST

I've been following this website called Positively Positive.  Today the post was entitled "Turn Your 'To Do List' Into A What Matters List".  I found it very interesting that the person who wrote made a "confession."  Their "confession" was that every morning they wake up to a 20+ things to do, with only time to do 10, but somehow they end up squishing 30 things into their day.  The author of "The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying," describes this as 'active laziness.'  It is the need to compulsively cram our lives with a lot of unimportant activities, leaving little time to really confront what matters.

We live in a highly sped-up culture and our 'need for speed' promotes forgetting.  Just look at those of us with cell phones.  We are constantly glued to them.  I have a Smart Phone (or as a good friend calls hers a 'Dumb Phone').  I use my phone not only for phone calls, but for emails, my calendar, my diary, my emails, etc.  At one time I could leave my house and feel comfortable without a phone in my hand or my purse.  Now I am lost without it.  I never thought that I would be so dependent on a phone.  A phone!

When we speed up our life not only do we forget about daily details ("Oops!  Forgot to pick up more milk!" but also allows us to forget about our overall life values and how to live our most passion-filled, love-filled, growth-filled, fun-filled life!

What all does this mean?  The next time I find myself racing quickly down the street, I need to remember I am not the only running to my next appointment - but "I am running away from contact with my truest feelings, deepest needs and most valuable insights."

With this in mind, I am feel the obligation look closer at my TO DO LIST, then make sure that my list also doubles up as my WHAT MATTERS MOST LIST!