my eternal list of things to do
Lately I have been running around trying to do seven things at once and it’s not working out for me. Factor in a sick little girl, sleeping in 1-2 hour segments, and I have not been “productive” the last week or so. However, I have been reminded that usually it’s my own fault when too much is going on. I “overbooked” and then life added a few more things. So the lesson is, clearly, don’t overbook. Lesson number two – stop setting lofty expectations. I am all about dreaming, etc, but there are times when I expect to get two days worth of list done in two hours. That is a fantasy, not a dream. For the last two weeks, I think I have been late to everything. I hate that. So, slowing down is going to happen.
I constantly need the reminder that whatever is important in my head is probably unimportant to the rest of the people in my life. That was confirmed today when my husband basically told me on about three different occasions that I was ridiculous. Not in a mean way, but in a “I can’t believe I have to have this conversation with you – I love you but you’re crazy” kind of way. The best example of my misguided “I have to keep juggling the china” obsessiveness came this afternoon with the discovery of a website.
I can’t go into the whole story, but the summary is that my initial reaction to a bizarre event was to think that I should have working knowledge of the entire world wide web. Not in a prideful way, but in a “if I was on top of things, I would have found this sooner” way.
I have got to get a grip :)
So here is my list for the next week:
be where I have said i’m going to be – on time
if two things look like they might overlap – change or cancel one of them ahead of time (novel idea)
do not base the success of my life on how many things I do or on completing a mental checklist that no one else cares about
I’m not going to add any more things, even though I feel compelled to – because I’m trying to be realisitc :)
Here’s to your week being about the things that really are important.
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Speaking of important – Scott caved and Kate got a haircut this week.
Have you been successful? Did you stick to your list?
Bethany said this on October 27, 2008 at 6:26 pm |
well. . .being on time – I think it’s gotten better but not what I would call “good” yet
as far as just doing too much and having things overlap – I think that is better
in general I think I slowed down a little
for instance, the last week and a half Scott and I had a lot of responsibilities; so I decided to not commit to anything extra until the end of the week – so far we haven’t, and that has been good since as of today we’re both exhausted :)
bjtelle said this on October 29, 2008 at 4:00 pm |