Your 2 most valued activities out of 10 vs. weakness

[shootingstar]

Pareto principle is:

In short, 20% of our activity will account for 80% of our results.

This means that if we have a list of ten things to do, TWO of those items will be worth as much if not more than the other eight combined. But can you guess which items we are most likely to procrastinate on doing? The items that will cause us the most stress and sap most of our energy? Right. The two activities that could make the most difference. We are also most likely to procrastinate where we are weakest

Now what 2 things do you do that will be worth more than the other 8? And which ones will you procastinate, which probably reflects your weakness?

For me:

Top 2 most valued are:

*Going for at least a 2-3 hr. bike ride.
*Blogging (with photos) or emailing/skyping a loved one or producing a painting. (which I haven't done in ages ).

My weaknesses which cause me to procranstinate are:
*Cleaning
* Confronting people to get a chunk of money back /have something fixed. (I have an issue with strata board. Then a 2nd issue with a bank. Different problem. )

[smittykitty]

Very thought provoking (and timely for me). Thanks

[Pax]

My two most valued:

- Working out
- Sleep


My procrastinating options:

- Being up in the middle of the night reading or posting on a forum, rather than sleeping.
- Sitting in my chair in the evening rather than working out because of the above.
- Have some wine to try and sleep, which has the opposite effect.


Its been an ongoing cycle for me, If I exercise, I sleep. Have a bad couple of nights of sleep and the cycle starts, I'm too tired to work out.

[Catrin]

Timely topic!

My first three valued activities outside of work:

• Riding and Mountain Biking
• Working out
• Needlework projects & journaling (haven't done this for longer than I care to admit)

Procrastination Options:

• Major house cleaning
• Far too much time in front of the computer...

[shootingstar]

Yea, wine does the same thing..sleepy for me (lightly drunk) but then my heartbeat is faster which means still awake.

Not that I drink much anyway, so that natural "weakness" doesn't work for/classify as reason for procrastination too.

Yea, too much computer screen time, a weakness too and procrastination technique.

[goldfinch]

Most valued:
1. Spending time with friends and family and having good relationships with them.
2. biking
3. bird watching and solving "what is that plant?" in unfamiliar parts of the country


Procrastinate
1. Dealing with family issues. Waited too long and now some things can't be changed.
2. Getting my taxes done. I did get the extensions filed but I just can't face that pile of paper. And I probably didn't pay enough estimated taxes so there may be a penalty due to my procrastination.
3. And as many have mentioned, a weakness that contributes to procrastination is the Internet. And spider solitaire.

So yes, for me the most valued was harmed by procrastination.

[indysteel]

Two most valued:

Yoga (or otherwise working out in some fashion, but yoga is at the top of my list)
Cooking (not reheating or rushing on a weeknight to get something on the table, but actual cooking).

The two that I need to spend more time on:

Home improvement projects (the bane of my existence)
Financial planning (I'm a great saver, but I have a mental block when it comes to actual investing beyond the programs offered at work)

[Pax]

...
Financial planning (I'm a great saver, but I have a mental block when it comes to actual investing beyond the programs offered at work)

That made me smile, I'm a "stuff it in a coffee can in the basement" type investor.

[indysteel]

That made me smile, I'm a "stuff it in a coffee can in the basement" type investor.

I might become one of those. I just read a book about Bernie Madoff and, man oh man, my mattress is looking like a pretty attractive investment vehicle. Granted, lots of mutual funds aren't overly risky, but there are just too many choices. I need somebody to tell me what to do (and to be right about it). DH is just as bad--and his father is a certified financial planner. So, I do nothing but squirrel it away in my savings account. Of course, there are worse flaws. At least I'm not procrastinating on the savings part.

[Pax]

I might become one of those. I just read a book about Bernie Madoff and, man oh man, my mattress is looking like a pretty attractive investment vehicle. Granted, lots of mutual funds aren't overly risky, but there are just too many choices. I need somebody to tell me what to do (and to be right about it). DH is just as bad--and his father is a certified financial planner. So, I do nothing but squirrel it away in my savings account. Of course, there are worse flaws. At least I'm not procrastinating on the savings part.

Very true.

But yeah, I'm having BIG trust issues with financial institutions these days, my next step is to take money out of savings in cash and put it in a safe deposit box.

[Melalvai]

1. Spending time with my husband and daughter.
2. Writing and talking bike advocacy.

I procrastinate...well, I don't procrastinate much actually. But I do spend too much time on facebook etc. I could better use my time on:
3. More exercise
4. Housework (inside & outside)
5. The work I get paid to do