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Welcome to Roots of the Rise with me , sarah Hope . Today I'm doing my first responding to questions episode . This week I had a question regarding priorities hit my inbox , so that is what I am going to talk about today . Let's get to it . I was so excited when I saw that I had my first question hit my inbox . This question was referencing episode 30 , which was all about prioritizing your priorities . In that episode I described an exercise you can do to look at what's important to you and make sure you are putting in the appropriate amount of effort . Listen to the episode if you want to hear that explained in full . But today I wanted to answer the question that came up for Monique ,

How Often to Reassess Priorities

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who wanted to know how often you should change out the priorities on your list . So this is a great question .

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Your first indication that you need to reassess is if you're unhappy . If you consistently wake up feeling overwhelmed , exhausted , like you're being pulled in too many directions , that you're failing at everything , or even just really , really badly in one department , well , that's a good indication that either something is wonky in your priority list or that your priorities are still in order but your effort isn't , because that can often be the case . I don't foresee my actual priority list changing much in the near future . My top 10 are likely to pretty much always be my top 10 . My marriage , my kid , my self-care , my work , family , friends , financial stability , spiritual development I mean those are probably always going to be my focus . Now the order might change a bit depending on you know , life variables , but likely what's going to go awry more often is not the actual list but my effort or attention to each of these categories . You know my happiness , sense of fulfillment , of joy that's what's going to indicate that I need to look at this again . Fulfillment of joy that's what's going to indicate that I need to look at this again . Now , if you're just trucking along and everything feels great , then maybe you make it a quarterly exercise , just stay on top of it , just to be present , you know , present to the things you care about and maybe preemptively head off any misalignment . If this is something that you don't really have a problem with , that you tend to feel like you are placing your attention where it should go and you know everything really feels good to you , then maybe you just make it an annual thing where you , you know , every January or on your birthday , pick , you know , whatever feels kind of most aligned for you . You sit down and you look at everything .

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As I was thinking about this , I also

Priority Categories to Consider

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thought it might be helpful for me to actually list out some of the you know topics that you might want to put on this list . I thought that might be a nice addition since we're talking about it anyway . So here we go . I categorized it generally speaking . So , for instance , kind of in the personal category , you might have things listed like you know success , feeling valued , being confident , having a sense of purpose , self-compassion , inner growth and development , spiritual connection , health . You might have financial things on this list , things like income , financial stability , future planning , like saving for retirement . If you are still on a part of life where you have a career , maybe feeling valued in your job or feeling like you're doing a good job , maybe stability or advancement is going to be part of your priority list .

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When it comes to relationships , you know marriage is a big category . You might end up needing to break that down into something like communication , intimacy , fun , emotional connection . Also , you can add in there , you know , for relationships , things like feeling that you belong , friends , family , children note about children , if you have children . If you have multiple children , I should say each one is their own category . I may only have the one , but I know plenty of people who have multiple and they all say the same thing Each child needs a different level of attention , a different kind of attention . They all need different things . So we want to honor that and acknowledge that each child should be their own separate category because their needs are going to be different .

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That's a big list . I know it's not even comprehensive . I am certain I've missed some things . I mean personal alone . You can break down into the individual elements of self-care , like we talked about way back in episodes I don't know , it was at the beginning like somewhere around 15 or so . So there's a lot here . You need to figure out what's most important to you . This is just an awareness exercise , though . So like have some fun with it , don't get too serious and know that you can come back to it and reassess whenever you want . There's no set rule . Again , a big thanks to Monique for sending in that question . It's the first one I've gotten through the text me button in the episode description and it was just so exciting to have it come in . Please , if you guys have questions or you want me to talk about any particular topic , let me know .

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Host's Credentials & Mission

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I am an Ayurvedic health practitioner , spiritual counselor , meditation teacher , energy healer and biodynamic craniosacral therapist , with thousands of hours of training in these modalities and more . I'm here to help you discover as many different ideas , therapies , philosophies , spiritual concepts and inner development tools as possible in order to help you become the healthiest , happiest , most authentic version of yourself possible . I'm excited to be on this journey with you . It can be hard at times and there are moments you may feel stuck and very alone . I'm here to tell you you're not . Come with me . Let's learn and grow together .