What is Non-Negotiable to You?

I am close to being finished with the book my nephew gave me. (Ordering Your Private World) It really has been a blessing to me in many different avenues of my life. A couple of key things that stick out to me from the book are that I need to have order in my private life so that everything else in my life falls into place.
If I am not doing well spiritually, then I may as well hang it up in all other areas. ( I have experienced this first hand and can testify..it is true!)
I have also learned that I should never, NEVER read any book, listen to any lecture, or go to church without a notebook and pen in hand. There is always going to be something I can learn! oh, I also learned it is fine if I am reading a bunch of books at once.... it shows my desire to learn!! Yippeee !!! Give me back all my books! (I may be translating that a little loosely)
Perhaps the thing that I took away from this book this most is that I AM DISORGANIZED. This pretty much falls into all areas of my life, but especially regarding time. I have had no concept of organizing my time. I either have too much time and am wasting it with unproductive stuff. Or, I have myself so totally overbooked, I cannot keep up. Step one in turning this problem around is investing in a calendar type journal. Step two is penciling in my private time for bible study and prayer before I allow other things to take up my time. I have got to learn to treat these areas of my life just as importantly as any meeting or other obligation I have. In reality they are more/most important.... yet I sacrifice them at times to fit other things in.
Certain things in your schedule are "fixed", certain things are discretionary. Personal time with God must be "fixed" time. Pencil in your family time as well, and do not veer from it. Do not let others dictate your time. What is non-negotiable to you?

In the book, the author (Gordon McDonald) tells us to look to Jesus as our example. He was under constant pressure, pursued by friend and foe alike. Every word He said was monitored. Every action analyzed. Every gesture commented on. He had no private life. He lived with the same intrusions and demands~~YET, it never appeared that way. He made sure He had the time to be alone with God. He budgeted His time. He weighed the use of time against the mission of His work, and then lived accordingly. He knew His limits.

Where your priorities are - your time will be there also.