A Head in Galoshes

I’m sure I’m not the only one that struggles to find time for everything. Work, family time, study, spiritual growth, wellness, and leisure. Being pulled in so many directions I often find myself thinking that if only there was more time, I would be able to get it done. 
This week’s Torah portion gives a lesson on prioritizing.
After Jacob’s encounter with his brother Esau, during which Esau accepted the gifts Jacob had sent, they parted ways: Esau returned to his home in Se'ir, and Jacob journeyed to the city of Sukkot, eventually arriving in Shechem. The verse tells us that Jacob "built for himself a house, and made sheds for his cattle."
In this seemingly simple passage lies an important lesson for our personal lives, and a lesson that I try to think about often.
The Rebbe explains that Jacob's choices reflect his priorities. For “himself”—his true self and his most important values—Jacob constructed a "home," a place of permanence and stability. For “his cattle”—his material possessions and peripheral concerns—he provided a "shed," sufficient surely, but more temporary and not as central.
Life may present us with many demands. The key question is: What sits at the top of our priority list? What deserves our greater focus and attention?
This reminds me of a story involving Rabbi Sholom Dovber of Lubavitch (1860–1920) and one of his students, who had opened a factory to manufacture galoshes, boots. The student was blessed with success, but as his business flourished, it began to consume his every waking thought. He found himself constantly anxious about the challenges his business faced and elated by its successes. Gradually, his life became entirely centered around the factory.
Observing this, Rabbi Sholom Dovber remarked to him: “I’ve seen people put their feet into galoshes, but a head in galoshes…?”