What is priority when everything feels urgent?

Maybe we unintentionally burning out ourselves and others. Maybe the idea to have a high-performing team is the legacy of industrial revolution era. But in the chase for relevant, growth, and delivery, we might be draining our greatest resource: our health.

Yes, we have talked about pace but yet, we’re doing the same cycle over; annually. We take it lightly burning out as part of modernization, or sacrifice to have modern life. I mean every great civilization comes at some cost. We are born into the mainstream social structure and expectation so everything look normal. To resist is weird and means isolation.

There will be times when everything feels urgent, constantly and subtly pushing for more, less and less of autonomy, priorities changing regularly, small and personal wins go unnoticed, and difficult conversations are buried or avoided. When a few of these signals happen, you remind yourself to pause and reflect. That is if you’re still sensitive to your heart, mind, body signals.

What is priority when everything feels urgent? What is planning when priorities keep changing?