Saturday, October 23, 2010

Planning Days, Weeks and Years and Tasks

I've been working on some personal planning recently, and I was reminded of something I learned many years ago. God has explicitly given us three time periods that mark our lives:

  • Days (morning and evening, Day One..."
  • Weeks (six days you will labor and the seventh day..."
  • Years (all of Israel's festivals are built around the annual calendar)
That's not to say that monthly, quarterly, bi-annual, etc. planning is wrong and should be discontinued. However that is to say that we should prioritize our planning for the time periods God has given us.

God has also given us clear instructions about the tasks we are to prioritize and some tasks we are to avoid. These are summarized in the Ten Commandments, the Great Commandment (and the second which is like it).

In all my planning and tracking I need to prioritize these.