Utter Craziness!
Okay, so yesterday I got a phone call on my business line, from a reporter from an extremely well known business magazine. He asked me for an interview, and of course, I complied. After fighting to maintain my composure, working our way through the interview, I hung up the phone and screamed my head off. I cried, like a baby. I freaked out. I started thinking about all the things I need to do before this article is published, so that when it is, I am finally pulled together.
It’s so weird. Have you ever been SO motivated by an event or something, that you don’t know where to begin? I mean, I want to clean up my office and repaint it and organize everything perfectly, because the reporter told me that they may send up a photographer. I want to go through all my business websites and do some housecleaning and updating and adding - even though some of them aren’t even completely finished yet. So that brings me to wanting to finish them, which is one more thing I’d add to my “to do list” if there were enough hours in today.
Today? Yes. I want it all done today. It’s already 1030am and I’m pissed off at myself because I’ve let the past 3 and a half hours go by without doing any of these things. I’m mad at myself for taking the time to write all this out here rather than on a list, and instead of just doing them. But it’s that whole frenzy of thought that’s the bane of my existence today.
I need a time sheet. I need to sit down with an hourly/daily planner and just give myself time limits to do stuff. And stick to them. I also have 3 client sites that need work. Soon. And my mother’s site, my father’s site, and yes, even this personal site of mine. (Which will inevitably wait, as it’s one of the last things to ever be added to any list.) I have the NTAG project I want done - yesterday.
And then there’s part of me that just wants to go tanning and get my nails done!
AAAUUGH!!
Structure and discipline. Something I rarely have in my personal life, and when I find the lack of it creeping into my professional life, I just freak out and start buying books about organization and de-cluttering, as opposed to putting those things to work. (Kind of like my experience with weight loss - I know how, it’s just a matter of doing it.)
So there’s my quick “my life” update. I’m not staying long, have too much to do. I’m giving myself 30 minutes to make a plan for the next few days - hour by hour. This is nuts. Anyone wanna come live with me for a week and help me out? ;)
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OK I have got to step in before you drive yourself nuts.
Seriously. Do not do the hour by hour timesheet thing. This really will only make it worse. Trust me. Stick with the list making. But here’s the system I’ve finally got worked out for me — mind you as we’ve discussed I’ve got some “issues”. LOL So, I have a list of lists. I have a to do list for work, one for my bills/financials, one for personal/errand stuff, and one for house stuff, one for my blogging and one for my gaming (online rpgs).
Basically, every day I go through and see what’s due today. That’s the stuff that’s at the top of today’s list. If it’s more than 5. I end the list there. I only go back to the “master lists” if I complete them”. If it’s less than 5, then I fill it in with stuff from the “master lists” based on what’s due soonest.
Admitedly, I do have some stuff that’s daily that doesn’t get in that list of 5. It just gets done.
Anyway. DON’T try to force yourself into an hourly schedule. It’ll only stress you out, because if something gets off, it’ll be like dominoes.
(And I’m thinking that if NTAG gets put off a bit because of work stuff so you can get everything shiny for your article, that’s a-ok. ;) )
BTW, there’s a really good organizational book that I want to recommend but my cats destroyed mine and I’ve been unable to find another copy. :P
Many Congratulations!
You picked a bad time to give up espresso
This will be an exciting rush for you, things will calm down into a steady, if frantic, pace eventually. Until then don’t forget to add “Take care of yourself” to your To Do List.
Diana
The book is The Overwhelmed Person’s Guide To Time Management (http://tinyurl.com/hfmem). :) Very excellent. But it takes time to implement. Better to wait until after you get this done. Seriously.
Take each thing one at a time. Make at least two lists — one must do and one that can wait. Give yourself permission to not get everything done in a day and don’t underestimate how much time things will take to do.
Thanks girls… :)
It’s Monday, and I’m feeling a little less stressed and more like getting down to work.
Thanks so much for the book recommendation - it’s on order! :)
Sooo…I shouldn’t ask you about my law firm’s Google pagerank and the like this week? Bummer. :(
Focus focus focus, grasshoppah. Focus is your friend. Make your list. Start on task number one. Do not stray from task number one until you’re finished. Go down the list methodically. Interruptions and distractions will derail you, so be single-minded and you WILL be ready for those reporters in NO TIME!! :)
Thank you Monica! It’s an honor to have your comments here! :)
Goodness, we share a name and a personality! I’m going through exactly the same thing right now… down to the office that needs painting and an overwhelming desire to re-do what’s done to make it better, while still fixing everything that isn’t.
I wish I could offer advice, but all I have is an “I hear ya…”