What Are Your Priorities?

I try to wake up every morning, I find it helps the day go better. :)

What do I protect, see that is tricky because I don't feel like I regularly protect anything. My kids are raised to protect themselves but every now and then they need extra protection. Still in the grand scheme of things the only thing I protect is my family.

My money to bills but what are you going to do, right?

Fun things, okay sometimes boring things, who knew someone could get excited over a washer and dryer....

To retire before I die. :p Seriously I just don't have long term goals. I life the best I can when I can, everything else is gravy.

I think my life looks like controlled chaos but it works for me. :)

Every day (kids are with their dad for the summer so its a bit different right now)
- feed the dogs & cat
- straighten up the house
- talk/text my children

I protect my relationship and my time. I am fiercely protective of my children, but learning to let go.
I unhappily give up time with my children so they can spend it with their dad.
I save for trips and memories with our family. And a bigger house (going from two children to four makes a big difference). And a wedding.
Longterm goals: my children to see what a good, healthy relationship/marriage is. I want them to be strong individuals who aren't afraid to go out in the world, make mistakes, get their hearts broken, work hard and always know that I'm supporting them.

Every day I learn something new, work toward my goals, and parent my children (the 10 year-old and even the 27 and 30 year-old).

I protect my health and my relationships.

I don't give up anything. Well, sometimes I give up time for others when I might rather have it to myself. But it usually turns out to be rewarding.

Not saving for anything right now, getting through school. When I begin working my next job I will start saving for a small house, my retirement, and paying my student loans.

My short-term goals are to finish my PhD and earn a 2nd degree black belt within the next 12-18 months. My long term goals are to raise my daughter from a wonderful child into a fabulous adult who has the resources and courage to live the life she wants most to.

Every Day, I make sure the people I love have what they need. Physically, emotionally, spiritutally, I make sure everyone knows they are loved and cherished. That's why I work and that's why I take time off. That's why I get up in the morning.

What do I protect? like a fierce lioness, my happy family and my marriage

I unhappily give up all my money, time, and naps

I save up for time spent with the fam. Trips, events, shared experiences. I am way more about making memories than buying stuff.

My long term goal - buy a home. Yes, I get that it is in direct oppostion with what I save up for. The Irony is not lost on me.

I make sure to spend at least 20 minutes of just me and my son time everyday. No matter how messy the house, how many loads of laundry I have to do, etc. etc. I eat dinner with him each night, give him a bath, play with him for a little, snuggle, and read him a book before bed. If I have time for the other things that I'll do them after he's asleep. I would do ANYTHING for him. He is my all right now and is the only life I would fight to protect more then my own. What do I give up? Many things for myself. I haven't bought new clothes in two years, haven't had my hair properly done since he was 2 weeks old, etc. I also tend to give up my social life to help make sure that we are both taken care of as I work two jobs. This isn't something I always want to give up, but like I said before, he is my number one. What are my long term goals? To be comfortable. Not rich and wealthy, but to be working a good job, making a good pay that can help support me and my son and doesn't take away as much time from him as my jobs now currently do. Right now my life is chaotic, but it's easy for people to see what my top priority is. As long as he is cared for, safe, happy, and able to mature into a great adult, I will feel accomplished no matter how many failures I have

I make sure to tell my children EVERY SINGLE DAY that I love them. I hug them and kiss them every day. (my parents did not do this and to this day I am uncomfortable when my mom or dad hugs me)
Besides the obvious protecting of my children...I protect my heart and my feelings. I have built a rather strong wall around myself so that things don't hurt, or if they do I don't let anyone know.
I have unhappily given up dancing!! My husband and I went out dancing all the time when we were friends and when we were dating. Seriously, out 4 times a week. I love love love to salsa dance and truly miss going out and just losing myself to the music.
I save up for birthdays, Christmas, and vacations. I try to put a little bit aside each paycheck so that I can buy everyone everything I like. We took our first family vacation last year to the ocean! We loved it so I want to have money saved again for that.
I don't have longterm goals! Is that bad? I try to live every day to the fullest and not worry too much about things that I can't really control in the future. I hope to still be married with my children close by. I hope that one of these days I will use my translating certificate! I wonder if I will go back to school so I can become a social worker of some sort....It's always up in the air!
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I wash, groom, and do the minimum housework required every day. I cook every day. I do something fun everyday. I take my kids somewhere every day. I eat something I enjoy everyday.

I protect my kids, my family, my home and my reputation.

I unhappily give up the ability to travel to exotic destinations, because it isn't in the budget as a SAHM. After I rejoin the workforce taking the family on an exotic vacation will be on the agenda.

I am currently saving up for a new van. My van is 12 years old, and we want to drive cross country next year and would feel better in a newer van.

My longterm goals are to see my boys grow up to be happy, healthy and successful (whatever that may look like).

I'm not very ambitious. I graduated from business administration 20 years ago, but have gone back to school now after 10 years as a SAHM. I decided to take the educational assistant program so I can work in a job that won't interfere with my family life. Simply enjoying life is my priority, not making a lot of money, or buying a bunch of stuff, or living in a big house, or having a sparkling clean home.

What do you make sure you do every day? (Yes, basics.) Show up at work showered with hair done and makeup, make sure the dishwasher has been emptied, prepare dinner for the family, spend some time with my kids, check grades on line during the school year, check my email.
What do you protect? My sanity, my health, my time, my money, my skin, my reputation
What do you unhappily give up? vacations, home repairs, nice decor, a marriage I'm really happy in
What do you save up for? college
What are your longterm goals: retire when I'm healthy enough to enjoy it, make good adult relationships with my kids and their significant others/spouses when they come along, hopefully manage to do some travel at some point, I'd love to finish my degree, spend more time on the hobbies that I'd like to learn or devote more time to, read more of the classics, finally write that novel, have someone (or someones) to call me grandma, walk the Avon 3 day

I make sure that I tell my kids and my husband that I love them every day. I make sure that everyone is fed and clean every day. I make sure that I excel at my career so that I can provide for my family every day.

I protect my kids above all else.

I unhappily give up the freedom and finances to be able to go on nice vacations.

I save up for home renovations. I save for kid's college and retirement.

My long-term goals are to further my career, save for the things above, and to raise happy, healthy kids.

1. I make sure I brush my teeth and brush my hair every day. Showering is also 99.9% of the time an every day thing. I know this isn't as lofty as some of the other answers LOL!
2. I protect my kids #1. I protect my 2 dogs #2. I protect my marriage and our family unit if the need arises. I protect my own beliefs and the basic belief that everyone is entitled to their beliefs!
3. I unhappily give up chips - I love chips and would eat them every day but then I'd be even fatter. So I don't buy them or keep them in the house.
4. Money is very tight for us right now. I'm saving for our vacation at the end of August.
5. My long term goals are to have financial freedom and ability to have some more "luxuries" and disposable income - like having a landscaper so hubby has some time freed up and having some renovations desperately needed done on our house, and having vacations, and being able to sign the kids up for martial arts. I want to have college savings for them as well.
I also want to long term make sure we raise really great ethical, smart and independent kids who can make it in this world.

1. Everyday I do fun things with my kids, clean my house, make sure everyone is fed healthy nutritious meals/snacks throughout the day, take time for myself to exercise.
2. I protect my family, they always come first.
3. I unhappily give up being able to just take off with my husband but I wouldn't ever trade that for the life we have now with kids.
4. We save up for home improvement projects and XMas.
5. Long term goals (within next 5 years) are that I plan to return to work. We do fine financially now but with another income we'll be able to afford more for our family, bigger vacation, ski trips, landscapers, addition on our house, etc...not to mention saving for kids college and retirement!

Everyday: tidy up my house. Not *clean it*, mind you, but *tidy* it. With everything in its (dusty) place, my mind can be calm for other crises.

Protect: aside from the obvious (my family), I protect my tennis game. I play tennis...a lot. It makes me feel good and healthy and strong. Having beat breast cancer earlier this year, I realized that I needed something *just* for me. Turns out that's tennis.

Unhappily give up: truly, nothing. Life is pretty good right now. I'm seeing the positive in everything. I've given up small things like mani/pedis, but not unhappily. I'd rather have the $ to pay for more tennis balls!

Save up for: easy, that would be college for 3 kids longterm. A new grill for my husband short term.

Longterm goals: I want my kids to grow up to be as fortunate and happy as I've been. I want them to learn how to approach life with a good attitude. I want to take care of my physical and mental wellbeing so the cancer doesn't come back. I want to live at least 40 more years!

My daily priority is just surviving ;)

All around... patience, cash flow, chores, cash flow and where from, just having fun despite, did I mention cash flow? cherishing the mundane yet profound moments with my kids, recognizing simple smiles, trying to smile myself, trying not to drink too much coffee, getting sleep, turning off my brain when I am going to sleep, did I mention cash flow? remembering the nice things about Hubby and giving him time too-despite, paying bills, playing.... and keeping a kids' heart and outlook in myself too.....

What am I best at?
Is "toggling" all this an answer?
That is an off the cuff, answer.
Common in us Moms/women....
;)

Hope all is well R. J. or at least.... on the way and hope the cards all stack up in your favor. You are a warrior Mom.... that is good.