Garden of Priorities Worksheet

You probably know your priorities. What is harder to say is what keeps pulling you away from them, and when each one is supposed to pay off. This worksheet asks both, using a garden to do it.

What's inside

• Flowerbed of focus: the main goals and tasks you want to see bloom
• Weed patch: the actions, thoughts and commitments that slow you down
• Watering schedule: set times for the priorities that need regular attention
• Seasonal clock: four seasons, so each goal has a time to come good
• A distraction checklist of 29 common culprits in five groups: technology, environment, mental and emotional, physical and social, with blank lines to add your own
• Next steps: choose your top three distractions and work out why they get to you

There is also a short set of helper prompts for coaches, including one I'd use every time: what activities do you find stealing most of your time?

The metaphor will suit some people and irritate others. If flowerbeds make you wince, the checklist still does the job without them. And naming a weed isn't the same as pulling it, so pick one distraction and decide what you'll do about it this week.

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