"Life can often turn into an undifferentiated mess of the truly important things mixed in with the immediate problems that show up moment by moment.

​For a host of reasons, things that are critical to other people can pull us away from the things that are most important to us. We resist addressing our own daily priorities and we give urgency to that which is not truly important. As a result, some of the most important things to us linger on the back burner.

If, instead, you begin each day by defining what is most important to you and then using that as your map, you’ll begin to see how easy it is to navigate the shark-filled waters of other people’s concerns and needs. By identifying your most important priorities, you can start to manage which items aren’t negotiable for you and which you can compromise on in order to serve other people’s needs.

Once you can identify and complete the big stuff, you can operate each day with less of a sense of “way too much to do.” The things that actually move your life forward and need doing can get the fuel they need. Meanwhile, the less critical things can stay on your radar, but cease to add the pressure that clouds your ability to see what really matters.
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This week’s practice is an exercise is setting your priorities for the day so that you can care for yourself, create momentum, and still get done what needs to get done."

Tell us in the comments, what is the one thing you must do today?

"The Monday Monster Mash began as a request from a few buddies that work with me at CrossFit HQ. They asked me to program them a weekly competition so they could throw down against each other. They had all been doing CrossFit for multiple years and could handle the volume, so I agreed. Eventually, I began to post these Monday Monster Mashes on social media and they developed quite a following of people from all around the world. A word of caution, these workouts are potent! If you are not ready for the volume, loading, or anything else, please scale as appropriate. The Monday Monster Mash is very well suited for competitors at both the Regional and Games level for one simple reason.......it's a big dose of pure CrossFit. Sometimes at the upper echelon of the Sport of CrossFit there can be a tendency to over complicate training, and soon you've drifted a bit far from the classic, high intensity style of programming that got you so damn fit in the first place. Enjoy."