Crisis Management

In the last few weeks, I have discovered what can happen when you aren't doing much of the directing in your life. As a result you end up in "Crisis Management" where you move on from crisis to crisis figuring out how to take care of each one on the fly. When one crisis is handled, you turn your attention to the next crisis that pops up and handle that one. The problem is you don't seem to get anywhere or make any progress except to the next crisis.

That's how my work has been going on for the past couple of weeks. It's also the reason I have not posted on the blog in a while. Everything seems to be a fire drill up at work. When I take care of one project, there seems to be another that has to be worked on right away. The phone keeps ringing with more requests for my time and my efforts. Perhaps I've been the one being managed instead of me doing the managing.

When I look at the words "It's Your Life. Direct It!" I realize how important that really is. I've been experience life directing me recently and the end result is exhausting. Not only that, but when I let life direct me, it doesn't move me closer to my goals and my dreams. So this week, the emphasis is on taking back the director's chair of my life and moving myself in the direction of the goals for my 90-day plan. This week I'm going to post everyday and update how well I was able to follow the daily plan in My Daily Director.

Does anyone else feel as if they are in crisis management mode? If so, how do you handle it?

Keith