There's something I remember from reading sports psychology books when preparing for curling. You picture your life and the problems you have in it as a large jar and several different sized rocks. What you need to do is cram everything into that jar including sand. The trick is that if you were to put the sand in first, you would have no room left for the bigger rocks at the end at that's what we tend to do in life. For no apparent reason, here is a picture of some sand in a jar with rocks on top of it:
The analogy is that the sand is your end result that you want, but if you go right ahead and ignore the rocks (which are your problems and responsibilities) then you won't be able to fit them in later as shown above. What you're supposed to do is deal with rocks first and then add the sand because it's able to slip in between the cracks and properly fill the jar; in other words, take care of your real life issues before you set out to attain your goals.
Anyway, the point of all this was merely to show that little things (like sand) have a clever way of adding up until they can even fill something large (like a jar). It gets you thinking about all the little things you've got going on in your life and the nice part is that the summer is a time that is very conducive to thinking about said little things. People often overlook the little things and the smaller details but that would be a mistake. After all, you can't fill your jar unless you manage your little things with the same care as you do your larger ones.
Also, before I leave, here is a jar filled with random crap:
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