Juggling Plates

on June 11th, 2010

This week I have been reminded that oftentimes life is really about juggling plates.  Marriage, children, friends, hobbies, ministry, crisis etc. are all things most of us juggle most of the time.  How do you possibly juggle all the plates?  I have asked myself that very question this week, and here’s what I have had to remind myself:

1) You simply CAN’T juggle everything!  Sometimes you drop stuff you don’t want to, and sometimes you purposely drop something for a while so you can focus on other stuff.  But the truth is, you really can’t do it all all of the time.

2) Decide what things you can drop for now. When I take a closer look at my life, I can see that sometimes I am still juggling plates that I don’t need to!  Some of the stuff I juggle can be dropped forever, and some of it can be dropped for now without any long-term consequences.

3) When I drop some things on purpose, it allows me to be more focused on the plates I am still juggling. This is a good thing.

4) Better to drop something on purpose, on my terms, than to continue trying to juggle everything. Because eventually SOMETHING will drop and it may not be something I would have chosen.

You, like me, are constantly juggling. Juggle wisely.

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marko at 7:50pm June 11

most people choose to either juggle balls or spin plates. it must be quite a week if you were juggling plates!

Travis at 7:18am June 14

A good friend of mine creates a “Things I need to stop doing” list several times a year. Many of these items are things that other people can do but he is doing because he just always has – he then trains others to do these things to free his time up. Other stuff he just figures out how to drop.

Craig Lewis at 2:24am July 3

I have a training video and free resources on exactly how to spin the plates. Check it out. http://www.enablersymc.com