Since you asked...you deserve an answer.
In short, my 5% involves: family, friends, creating peace-of-mind, and, my faith. But there's a lot of BS involved within these priorities, too. Part of getting older is learning how to edit your life. Stick to the basic essentials, and forget everything else that gives you stress. It's really hard to do. Never let work, or others, define who and what you are. That's the 95% part.
When I was much younger, I'd fret and be troubled with trying to get things that I though I needed, and tried to get people to "like" me. As you gain some age, what was once so important, becomes trivial. Your priorities shift, they morph, are eventually forgotten. People and friends, come and go. We all change. Everything passes. I used to think that I'd like to be young again. But now! ....(my comments, self-deleted).
At some point you realize that having and keeping your good health is everything, your family relationships , your friends, and living a more stress-free life are the goals. Much of what the world offers is confusing, and transient. I take nothing for granted. I live mindful of my mortality. The bible allots us, three score and ten. I have arrived. That 5%, matters....dump the rest.
I'm a simple, conservative-minded, guy. It doesn't take much to please me. I turn off the TV, (it's less stressful, less infuriating, and less disturbing not to watch), and instead, relax by doing creative things with my hands. While I enjoy getting together with friends and family...I also love doing things, and being alone. Now, I edit...when, where, with who, and for how long. I'm no longer "always available".
Thanks for the respectful inquiry, really. Others, no doubt, will have differing views. To each, his own.
