Time to focus on what matters

Pia Nazareno-Acevedo

Many of our everyday experiences are compounded and complicated by the challenges of our fast-paced modern world. We experience a great amount of stress as we are pulled in different directions by the demands and expectations in both our personal and professional lives. As we tick off the items on our to-do lists, are we really spending our time and energy on things that matter the most?

There is great value in being able to think, feel and act with clarity amid the pressures and uncertainty of our day-to-day lives.

What would it take for us to have that clarity and freedom in our lives? What would it mean for us to focus amid any uncertainty? There is a universal enough experience of clarity and focus for anyone to identify that they have witnessed it or experienced it. The question now lies in how to infuse that focus into every aspect of our life in a consistent, efficient and sustainable manner.

It is a focus that leads us to a quiet confidence in our everyday decision-making process. It allows us to manage the heaviness and confusion in the modern world. It is to spend our time and energy on what really matters.

We need a practical model in choosing which of the many options presented to us is worth pursuing or is the best path to take. We need a structural guide to zero in and spend time on what we truly value in our life.

The Clarity Framework allows us to clarify, simplify and help transform our lives. It helps us arrive at the best decisions for ourselves by accomplishing three main questions:

1. Ask yourself: What is clear?

2. What are the obstacles and hindrances to finding my personal clarity?

3. What can we say or do that represents our clarity?

Answering these questions will allow us to anchor ourselves on what is clear to make sense of difficult situations, overcome personal distractions and confusion that block our way to success, and handle stress by promoting a perspective of motivation and positivity.

There is great value in being able to think, feel and act with clarity amid the pressures and uncertainty of our day-to-day lives

Only at some point in life do we realize that we cannot do everything, and our time and energy is limited. It takes work to find that calmness-that ability to stay focused and be comfortable with who we are-amid the busy-ness and uncertainty of the world. We have to make the choice to listen to what it is that will truly give meaning and purpose to our life journey.

It takes real strength in our core to be able to withstand the storms that come in our life. We need strong roots to be able to focus on the things that really matter and veer away from the flashy, temporary, fleeting values of the world. It takes work to fight temptation. It takes work to stay the course. It takes work to live your life with authenticity.

Life is too short. Focus on what matters.