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I definitely see a difference here between these two methods. One is calm and one is CraZy. Do they both get the work done?
That's questionable!! Moan! I am all over the map! I need someone to save me from myself! Yikes! I wonder how the rest of the people out there do planning. My day goes like this:
I have 45 things to do under Miscellaneous. I have 3 things to do under Errands. I have 8 things to do under Phone Calls. I have 2 things to do under House Repairs. I have 3 things to do under Finances. I have 5 things to do under Housework. I have 6 things to do under Writing (Work). I have 11 things to do under Family Needs. I have 4 things to do under Discuss with Husband. In addition, surprise a call comes from school to pick my sick child and my husband called just after that to go to lunch.
This kind of schedule is unmanageable to me. So, I do one thing that is important and then, another thing that is important, and... before I know it, I am all over the map again and confused as all get out about what to do next. This is not fun for me. There must be more effective ways out there than mine.
I heard once to separate your life into three areas of focus only ~ that your brain can only focus on three things at a time. Then, do the most important thing in each of those areas everyday, that way the three most important things are getting done each day. That works great if you only have three areas to focus on. What do you do when you have oodles of areas to focus on? Each with their very own very important thing to get done that day? Please advise.
Signed,
Lost in the City
I heard once to separate your life into three areas of focus only ~ that your brain can only focus on three things at a time. Then, do the most important thing in each of those areas everyday, that way the three most important things are getting done each day. That works great if you only have three areas to focus on. What do you do when you have oodles of areas to focus on? Each with their very own very important thing to get done that day? Please advise.
Signed,
Lost in the City
One step at the time, one goal at the time.
ReplyDeleteAnd what you did not get done, can wait till to tomorrow :)
Thea
You could always forgo talking about things with your husband...rofl. And housework will ALWAYS be with you.
ReplyDeleteLauri, I read your blog, felt like you might almost be describing me
ReplyDeleteas I was a decade or two ago. Now my list area titles are different,
but always too full to finish. So, I spent half an hour thinking, and
making a comment, only to lose it because I couldn't seem to identify
myself sufficiently to be accepted. "It" would not accept my URL,
though it's what gets me to my blog immediately.
Now the time I've allotted to respond to your post is far gone. Do I
repeat my efforts? (I didn't copy what I wrote before I lost it) or do
I just let it go? I could use the time in polishing and posting my
grammar poem, instead. Or clearing off my desk, or checking the rest
of the 84 inbox messages still unread. Or reading scripture? Or I
could read one of those hundreds of books I haven't gotten around to
yet? And if I'm going to finish a second volume of Lolly's Yarn, I
really ought to write.
I've read somewhere that the brain can only think one thing at a time.
But it can flit from one to another and back again in close to record
time, giving the illusion of multi-thinking. If voluntary muscles can
keep repeating themselves, then perhaps I can knit and watch
Conference re-runs at same time, thus multi-tasking. And I'd never
know what thoughts I'd missed.
Anna Arnett