Sometimes, I get overwhelmed thinking of all the many tasks on my to do lists to the point where I don’t have any idea where to start. I get so stuck juggling a chainsaw, a rubber chicken and flaming baton day after day.
The 99% Blog has a great tip: if it won’t fit on a post-it note, it won’t fit in your day. Mark McGuinness, the post’s author, hits the nail on the head when he suggests that overgrown to do lists can start to look more like wishlists. I know that feeling, having a list of unfinished projects that stretches beyond a single printed page.
Pretty Bitter takes it even further with their “I Will Do One Thing Today” memo pad. I know I feel better some days if I just accomplish one thing; I think I need that memo pad or maybe I just need to put down the chainsaw and the rubber chicken to focus on extinguishing the flaming baton.
I know exactly how you feel. On top of that right now we have 2 bedrooms undergoing major remodeling, so nothing is in it’s right place in the house. I feel very unorganized. I like both of those tips.
Ugh. Renos make me crazy — the University has been in a near constant state of renovation for several years now, “extending the life” of the older buildings on campus.
People constantly ask me how I do so many things — crafting, photography, writing/blogging, etc — while working and raising a family. I always answer with the juggling analogy because really that’s what it is. Unfortunately, some projects never get up in the air long enough or they get into the mix then fall and roll under a sofa. When I dig them out, they are covered in cat hair and far less attractive to me. So, yeah. I think I need to try the one thing focus for a while at home; work will have to be the post-it note attack.