Another day; another danger.

Sometimes it seems like the hardest part of writing a blog is coming up with the title, but then I come back to reality and realize the hardest part of writing a blog is remaining consistent with it. The Internet is full of blogs, web sites, side projects, and forums with a solid four to six months of entrees, discussions, and updates only to pander off as the hustle and bustle of life removes the time set aside for output. Somewhere along the lines, we lose the motivation to be productive with our projects and focus on things we value more. It's evident in humanity. We do this with everything. The things we value the most become what we spend the most time on. Priorities, always our priorities.

When you are a child, your priority is to have fun! It is great to be a kid and have your biggest worry be if you are strong enough to cross the monkey bars yet and get to the good part of the fort on the playground. When you are a teenager, fun is still a priority, but now so are cars, a boyfriend or girlfriend, and preparing for college. When you get to college, the previous priorities evolve into more complex issues like making car payments, casual sex or committed relationships, student loans or work study, to drink or not to drink, partying or studying. These issues get even murkier when you factor in being a person of faith or high morals.

The one thing we should seek to do in choosing our priorities is make wise decisions. Any yahoo or botard can say no to a beer at a party, it takes wisdom to know why you turn it down. If your only motivation for turning something down is because of "what your parents would think" you will do it at some point in your life. Part of making wise decisions is deciding what you will do before the decisions present themselves.

Situations everyone will face at some point in their life:
- sexual temptation: cheating on a spouse, cheating on a significant other, using pornography
- abusing drugs: smoking weed, using a "pick me up", abusing alcohol
- dishonesty: cheating on a test, taking credit for something you did not do
- anger: flipping off that gremlin who just cut you off on the freeway
- cowardice: not calling out the poser who berates and humiliates someone else for something trivial

In all these circumstances, if you do not decide what you should do now, you will almost always make a decision in haste that you would not have made if you were prepared. Part of having good priorities is deciding what you will and will not stand for, or allow to happen. Part of making wise decisions is standing up for what's right, not just what you believe in.

When you set out to do something, make it a priority. Make preparing for the rough situations in life a priority.