What's important and what's not

I just listened to a podcast (inside the net) where they interviewed the author of 43folders. The interview was really interesting and kind of reminded me of my old spychology courses.

Specificly, about the trouble a lot of people have of organising their time, their task, and thier priorite. We have to remember that, as humans, this is our life: we do what we want with the limited time we have. Think about what you are doing right now (obviously reading this). Why do you do it? Because it enteirtains you? Because you feel it's important? Whatever the reason, you probably didn't think about it very long before doing it. It felt like the next logical or natural thing to do. You chose (or maybe did not) to read this. You decided that reading this was more important, and more urgent, than doing something else.

A lot of people have trouble differencing between what's urgent and what's important.

The telephone ringing is urgent, but is it really that important? What will happen if you don't answer? What are the consequence? Wouldn't it be the same as if you were out of reach?

Paying your bills is important but is it really that urgent? What will happen if you wait 24h? 48h? Will someone die?

Shouldn't we all be outside right now, enjoying the sun? Why aren't you? What's holding you? It is important?

The world will still turn if we aren't there, so why not enjoy ourselves?

I'm going for a walk. It's a beautiful day.