Reflections on Life Priorities

Recently, I watched a video of an American talking about the five most important things in his life, ranked in order of priority.

Basically, the order he presented is what people call the 5 F's (Faith, Fitness, Family, Friendships, and Finance). It really resonated with me, and after spending about a week reflecting on it, I came to a couple of interesting conclusions.

The first is that, unconsciously, I’ve always had these same areas as priorities in my life.

The second is realizing how you can actually balance your life when you focus on these five priorities.

I thought so much about it that I created an analogy based on the fingers of a hand. Starting with the thumb, we have:

1. Faith (thumb) - This represents your core values, beliefs, and sense of purpose — the things that guide you through your days.
2. Physical and mental structure (index finger) - Taking care of your body and mind. Staying strong and healthy so you’re able to act and sustain what truly matters.
3. Family (middle finger) - It’s the largest finger. In practice, it represents the support system that embraces you, gives you foundation, and provides reasons to keep going.
4. Friends (ring finger) - We are the average of the five people we spend the most time with. Nurturing (and filtering) relationships is essential because they share joy with us, inspire us, and help build meaningful memories.
5. Finances (pinky finger) - It’s not the most important one, but it provides the necessary support and security so all the other areas of life can be better enjoyed.

Now imagine an object you can hold with one hand — as if that object were life itself.

When we use our hand to grab this object, every finger plays a role. But notice this:

Without the thumb (faith), you can’t firmly grasp the object. However, the thumb alone is not enough.

When you add the index finger and form a pinch, the object (life) becomes more stable — but still not completely secure. This first point is interesting: having purpose (faith) and a strong physical and mental foundation is essential to work on and protect what matters most.

When you add the middle and ring fingers, holding life starts to feel more complete and meaningful. And finally, we have finances, represented by the smallest finger. You can’t realistically hold life with it alone — but it provides the final support needed to make everything more stable and secure.

This analogy made me reflect deeply.

From now on, whenever I make a decision about my future, I ask myself: does this choice strengthen or weaken the way I’m holding my life?

The lesson I’ve taken from this is that defining priorities is essential. Knowing which areas deserve your focus brings clarity to the journey.

Different people might arrange this list differently, depending on their worldview — but this one is definitely mine.