siblings: 1 brother - peace, powder, & pedals
career: work part-time for the govenment; economic research, public liasion
childhood dream to be an English teacher
adolescent dream: to be a mother
current dream: to become the family matriarch (except I'll have to kill my Aunt JoAnn first.)
biggest asset: very capable
biggest flaw: don't let people into my world. never ask for help.
favorite book: Killer Angels
favorite saying: the best things always happen to people who make the best out of things
what to i say most often: do the best you can, and be at peace with what you've done
saying most true to life: having a child means forever having your heart running around outside of your body
3 adjectives independent, upbeat, organized
3 nouns: mother, Catholic, ??
3 verbs:> laughing, directing, counseling
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One day an expert in time management was speaking to a group of business students and, to drive home a point, used an illustration those students will never forget. As he stood in front of the group of high-powered overachievers, he said, “Okay, time for a quiz.” Then he pulled out a one-gallon, wide mouthed Mason jar and set it on the table in front of him. Then he produced about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully placed them, one at a time, into the jar. When the jar was filled to the top and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, “Is the jar full?”
Everyone in the class said, “Yes.” Then he said, “Really?” He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel. Then he dumped some gravel in and shook the jar, causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the space between the Big rocks.
Then he asked the group once more, “Is the jar full?” ”Good!” he replied. He reached under the table and brought out a bucket of sand. He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel.
Once more he asked the question, “Is the jar full?” Once again he said, “Good!” Then he grabbed a pitcher of water and began to pour it in until the jar was filled to the brim. Then he looked at the class and asked, “What is the point of this illustration?” One eager student raised his hand and said, “The point is, no matter how full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always fit some more things in!” ”No,” the speaker replied, “That’s not the point. The truth this illustration teaches us is: If you don’t put the big rocks in first, you’ll never get them in at all.
Remember to put these BIG ROCKS in first or you’ll never get them in at all. If you sweat the little stuff (the gravel, the sand) then you’ll fill your life with little things to worry about that don’t really matter, and you’ll never have the real quality time you need to spend on the big,important stuff |
