What should you know?
You likely have a good sense of what’s important to you. But do you live your life in a way that truly reflects those priorities?
With so many demands competing for your time, it’s easy to default to meeting the expectations of others rather than focusing on what genuinely matters most to you.
A powerful approach to regaining clarity about your most meaningful priorities is completing the True Priorities Matrix.
This framework, based on great work from the Kinder institute, encourages you to think across three dimensions: what you wish to Have, Do, and Be, and explores each through the lenses of what is Essential to you, what you feel you Ought to prioritise, and what would simply be Fun to experience.
Here’s how it works:
Essential: List what you must Have, Do, and Be to lead a meaningful life.
Ought to: What you feel you should Have, Do, and Be.
Fun to: What you would love to Have, Do, and Be if resources and time weren’t constraints.
Clarity leads to better decisions.
Completing each part of the matrix creates a personalised map of your values, aspirations, and motivations.
This process helps remind you of what truly matters, what no longer serves you, and what you have been postponing for too long that deserves attention now.
With your true priorities clearly identified, you’ll be better equipped to align your life and your money around them.
