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I hate not knowing what to do and when
Aug. 3rd, 2007 11:22 amI've come up against this mental wall of "Geez, what do I do NEXT?" and it's becoming a problem. I KNOW I have stuff that HAS to get done, but I don't want to do it, and if I'm not working on it, I feel guilty doing anything else. It's comepletly against my nature and it's no wonder I'm scatterbrained.
I'm trying a different tactic, over the last few days and specifically today. I'm working on stuff as I come across it. I made myself a pile of things that needed adressing, and I'm working my way through it, completely. I just did an entry for a client, and that reminded me that I have some emails from them to address, which I will do shortly. Then I will move on to the next item in the pile. As I complete these items, I might think of more, which I will do AS I THINK OF THEM.
While this seems completely scattered, it's helping. I'm not going through my pile of stuff in the order of NEED, because frankly, I don't KNOW what's most important - I've lost my ability temporarily to prioritize. So while I'm doing this, I'm NOT necessarily getting to the stuff on the TOP of my list, but I'm getting to the list as a WHOLE. Which in of itself, is better than I've BEEN doing. A smaller list is taking the pressure off, and making what needs to be done in what order easier to see.
I clean that way too. I start on one end, and put things away and putter around. I read on a website about cleaning a room and having boxes, or spots where "stuff that does not belong in this room" goes while you're cleaning, then you remove everything all at once, and either put them AWAY where they belong, or move into that room, for inclusionin the cleaning of that room. Kinda compartmentalizing. So even if the stuff isn't in it's HOME, it's closer to where it should be, than in your way.
I'm taking that tack with my workflow today. I'm also doing it tomorrow, I have to do a project for CPA #1, and I'm taking down with me anything else I need to do. I have some stuff that HAS to get done (with a deadline of just after BlackSun, so yeah it's coming) and once i'm done with her stuff I'm going to take the same flow - What CAN I do, where is my head, so I can flow into what I NEED to get done.
Hopefully that will leave Sunday for me to get some BlackSun stuff done, that I REALLY want to do ahead of time, and going through the stuff in the living room. I think another purge is in order, some emails about getting a few things out (given away before I sell them, there's a few pieces I wanted to give a friend options on first) and maybe a run to Goodwill. I need some empty boxes for BlackSun and to clean out my trunk for luggage. I have a ton of baskets/boxes I'm trying to ditch.
Just needed to braindump, I have a phone call to make and then it's back to my pile.
I'm trying a different tactic, over the last few days and specifically today. I'm working on stuff as I come across it. I made myself a pile of things that needed adressing, and I'm working my way through it, completely. I just did an entry for a client, and that reminded me that I have some emails from them to address, which I will do shortly. Then I will move on to the next item in the pile. As I complete these items, I might think of more, which I will do AS I THINK OF THEM.
While this seems completely scattered, it's helping. I'm not going through my pile of stuff in the order of NEED, because frankly, I don't KNOW what's most important - I've lost my ability temporarily to prioritize. So while I'm doing this, I'm NOT necessarily getting to the stuff on the TOP of my list, but I'm getting to the list as a WHOLE. Which in of itself, is better than I've BEEN doing. A smaller list is taking the pressure off, and making what needs to be done in what order easier to see.
I clean that way too. I start on one end, and put things away and putter around. I read on a website about cleaning a room and having boxes, or spots where "stuff that does not belong in this room" goes while you're cleaning, then you remove everything all at once, and either put them AWAY where they belong, or move into that room, for inclusionin the cleaning of that room. Kinda compartmentalizing. So even if the stuff isn't in it's HOME, it's closer to where it should be, than in your way.
I'm taking that tack with my workflow today. I'm also doing it tomorrow, I have to do a project for CPA #1, and I'm taking down with me anything else I need to do. I have some stuff that HAS to get done (with a deadline of just after BlackSun, so yeah it's coming) and once i'm done with her stuff I'm going to take the same flow - What CAN I do, where is my head, so I can flow into what I NEED to get done.
Hopefully that will leave Sunday for me to get some BlackSun stuff done, that I REALLY want to do ahead of time, and going through the stuff in the living room. I think another purge is in order, some emails about getting a few things out (given away before I sell them, there's a few pieces I wanted to give a friend options on first) and maybe a run to Goodwill. I need some empty boxes for BlackSun and to clean out my trunk for luggage. I have a ton of baskets/boxes I'm trying to ditch.
Just needed to braindump, I have a phone call to make and then it's back to my pile.
