> I have some sympathy with your perspective and still live my life a lot aligned to that mindset.
I've struggle with this as well. I think the key is to avoid thinking "priority" as one dimensional.
A goal can be high-priority because it is urgent. Continuing to work until today's lunch break is more urgent than calling your parents, because you can only work until today's lunch break today, while you can call your parents at any time.
A goal can be high-priority because it is important. As a goal, calling your parents may be more important than continuing to work until today's lunch break.
In order to avoid the outcome that calling my parents is important, but I haven't called them in months because it was never urgent, I have to increase the urgency of the goal by constraining it in time: It's important to call my parents, and urgent to call my parents before the upcoming holiday.
I've struggle with this as well. I think the key is to avoid thinking "priority" as one dimensional.
A goal can be high-priority because it is urgent. Continuing to work until today's lunch break is more urgent than calling your parents, because you can only work until today's lunch break today, while you can call your parents at any time.
A goal can be high-priority because it is important. As a goal, calling your parents may be more important than continuing to work until today's lunch break.
In order to avoid the outcome that calling my parents is important, but I haven't called them in months because it was never urgent, I have to increase the urgency of the goal by constraining it in time: It's important to call my parents, and urgent to call my parents before the upcoming holiday.