I'm an Entrepreneur/Executive Director by day, a husband 24/7, and a friend on the weekends. Whew! It's a lot.Can you relate?Juggling work, “active” recovery, and social life takes serious finesse. Here's how I've learned to balance it all:The best tool I learned was Steven Covey’s time management matrix. This matrix is broken into four quadrants. In the top row, there are things that are important. In the bottom row are things that are not important. The first column is about things that are urgent. The second column is for things that are not urgent.As you can see from this diagram, there are various categories that typically fall into each category. Covey recommends that we stay out of things that are not important and only focus on things that are important. He also says we should try as much as possible to stay in Quadrant II. This is where we do things that are important but not urgent. If you look at a true “Recovery Warrior” they will spend the majority of their time in this quadrant.<img style="text-align: start; max-width: 100%; outline: black solid 1px; resize: none; color: rgb(85, 99, 112); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; margin: 0px auto;" src="https://kajabi-storefronts-production.kajabi-cdn.com/kajabi-storefronts-production/file-uploads/blogs/2147503454/images/af7302f-66c2-30ed-f82a-de46ed481a8_covey-matrix.png" draggable="true">Remember what we shared earlier? In order to say ‘no’ to something, we need to have a bigger ‘yes’ to say something else to. Please say ‘yes’ to “Active” recovery. It is worth it; believe us, you are worth it.How do you juggle it all?&nbsp;Attribute Sections:&lt;a href="<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.freepik.com/free-photo/tourist-nature_1131372.htm#query=canadian%20men&amp;position=13&amp;from_view=search&amp;track=ais&quot;>Image">https://www.freepik.com/free-photo/tourist-nature_1131372.htm#query=canadian%20men&amp;position=13&amp;from_view=search&amp;track=ais"&gt;Image</a> by prostooleh&lt;/a&gt; on Freepik

Steven Covey's time management matrix is a valuable tool for prioritizing important tasks over non-urgent ones, ensuring efficient and effective time management.

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How I learned to balance my RECOVERY life

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