Choosing your battles is a phrase you commonly hear as advice for raising kids. It is good advice for all things in life. If you give energy and focus to each thing with which you disagree, you will be on a fast track to depletion. What deserves your best today? What is worth spending “fight” on? Your sanity is worth letting some things go.
Joy is not given, it is earned. Joy happens when we trust God to do His job and we can move out of His way. Our job is to trust and obey. Joy will rise as peace is found. Peace is letting go of menial things that will not matter. Ask yourself, will this matter in ten years? Can I walk away from this? If the answer is yes, walk away.
If you oversee an event or project, there will be many things from big to little that need to be done. If you micromanage you will make everyone miserable including yourself. If you let go of details that will not change the overall goal, you can focus on the big pieces that are at the core. In ten years will anyone remember if the table cloths were red or blue. NO. They will remember the cause and what was accomplished.
Limit the things that you must accomplish alone. Then rate the importance of all things that will need done. Appoint dependable people and then let go. This can be applied to a lot of areas in our life. From work to relationships. Let go of the dirty towels that fall one foot from the laundry hamper. Focus on date nights. In ten years, the laundry will not hold you together. Investing time in your marriage will matter.