Time management systems often emphasize the need to establish priorities.
What is most important? What is urgent? What can I delegate? What must I do myself?
If you have clarity on these questions, theoretically it becomes easy to decide what needs to be done now and to manage your time well.

The issue is that it’s often assumed we’ll know how to discern, among everything that needs to be done, what is truly important and what isn’t.

Someone might say: “What brings you closer to your goal is what’s most important.”
And with that sentence, we land on the big question: What is my goal? What is my purpose?

Some people use metaphors to help us identify our goals and priorities. For example, if you’re not familiar with it, I recommend watching the video of the Jar of Life metaphor, where each person fills their jar with rocks, pebbles, and sand, understanding that the sand and water will find their place around the big stones.

The Jar of Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQt0vDNtCmo

Despite the beauty of the metaphor, it still doesn’t point directly to what our purpose might be. It simply helps us understand that the big rocks—our most important things—should be prioritized in our lives.

Other models are somewhat more useful when it comes to defining life goals. For example, if you’re not familiar with it, I recommend reading a book that explains the concept of Ikigai. I read this one:
https://www.amazon.es/Ikigai-secretos-Jap%C3%B3n-Medicinas-complementarias/dp/8418714077/ref=sr_1_1?crid=38WIZMOGATEEA&keywords=ikigai&qid=1686325376&sprefix=iki%2Caps%2C124&sr=8-1
and I really liked it.