Am I Focusing on the Right Things?

Wow.  It is so easy to focus on things that should not matter and forget to focus on the things that do.  Setting priorities seems to be more difficult every day.

Does it really matter that I check my phone every hour for missed calls or text messages?  Does it matter that I check the litany of news sites for the latest news?  Is it really news I’m interested in or just gossip.

I mean, what really is important and what do I need to be focusing on?  Work ranks up towards the top – especially when I am at work.  Family should be up there too – but ???  What should I be focused on?  And, where does God fit in my day?

Most of my waking hours each week are spent at work or traveling to and from work.  What do I focus on for those hours?  What should I focus on during those hours?  My boss has one idea, I have an idea.  Who’s is right?

This is the conclusion I have come to:  focus on God for the commute to and from work.  My commute is about an hour and 15 minutes one way.  That gives me over 2-1/2 hours a day to focus on Him and what He wants in my life.  Much of that time is spent in quiet reflection and listening for His voice to speak to me.  It really helps to set my day both at work and in my home life.

Work means focusing on work.  There is no other way to say it.  I need to focus on my work responsibilities, employees and what the company needs from me.

Home is where I am able to focus on family.  My poor wife!  She gets what is left of my day and attention.  Usually it is not much.  Perhaps more grumbling and short conversations than hugs and kisses.   She likes to be hugged and told sweet things and I want to escape to some alone time, some fly tying or even some mind numbing TV.  She gets left out of my day pretty regularly.

I do like to spend my weekends focusing on family even when I would like to be alone, well, alone with her.  Just the two of us.  That happens perhaps one out of five weekends.  Not nearly often enough.

AND, I am able to focus on God on Sunday mornings as we attend church.  I love those times with Him.  But is that enough?  I think I know the answer and I’m not sure what to do about it.