As life grows and expands in multiple directions the question of where am I needed most today becomes more and more important. The obvious number one on the list is my children, but they don’t need me every day. The urgent and important graph plays a role in this. Today, for example, is the day I do the Stable Hands visit reminder and visit follow-up send outs for the week. That is today’s urgent task and its importance is debatable.
Second after my children would be seeing to my mother. My part of that equation is taking care of her financial health and making certain there is money to pay for her care for as long as she needs it.
Now we get to my wife. This is roughly a tie with the above but we do have to apply the urgent and important scale to these relationships and my wife has less urgent and important needs than my mother at this life stage, and while I fail constantly I do try and be a good husband.
Next comes business. This includes both Stable Hands and Campbell Drive Properties and while I am prone to shiny object syndrome Stable Hands is the priority. It has the healthier current business base and has grown significantly in 2026. We are headed in a good direction and it could be even better if I keep my focus here.
As for Campbell Drive Properties it does have some urgent and important needs but it is the side business and can be run with less than four hours a week commitment and even less when not working a deal. I am trying to add an active revenue stream to it and have a few ideas of the shape that can take. They both hinge on advisory/consulting roles. Either for entrepreneurs who have made some money but haven’t achieved freedom yet and I can help them invest in real estate or for families that are dealing with an estate and would rather hold onto the assets but don’t know where to start with the existing portfolio.
Here we find me. Under all of this. Some modern philosophies would say I have this upside down and if I wanted to do better with the other responsibilities I would move this to the type, because otherwise all the rest sits on top and crushes me until I explode. Maybe that is right but on the urgent and important scale my needs beyond the basic ones aren’t on it right now.
In a year where my star word was purpose I am not sure I am finding that but I am finding a lot more way to systematize my life and this is another.
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