Right now I’ve got a lot going on. You may have noticed I have stopped writing daily posts. It’s been going on my todo list every day, but I just am feeling too drained by the end of the day and my brain just isn’t coming up with things to write very easily.
So, what should I do?
This seems to be the time to do a couple of things:
- Analyze what’s taking my time. This is not too hard for me because I am already logging my time each day. However, many things don’t get on my log right now. For example, my wife is out of town and I’m coming home each day at noon to feed the dog. It takes about 20 minutes to drive from where I work, feed the dog, and drive back. It’s not something that is going on my log right now. But if I really want to fix the overwhelmed feelings, the drained feelings, the tiredness… I need to make sure I’m tracking everything for a few days so that I can do the next step.
- Evaluate what I really want to make sure gets done. Llike writing daily for example. All the other things I’m doing on the list become things that I should take a hard look at stopping.
- Plan the STOP. Next I want to see how I can stop it. Can I just stop doing the thing? What would happen? If there’s no negative consequence then I can just stop. Or can I delegate the thing? Maybe I can hire someone to do those things, or maybe I can delegate a co-worker or family member if it’s something around the house. There are options. Another possibility is to automate the task to the point where it’s not something I have to do to accomplish. Maybe if I vacuum a lot, a Roomba would be a way to automate it. A little Roomba maintenance could be a lot less time than vacuuming.
Hopefully this will help me to start writing each day again. That is definitely a priority for me.