Decisions, Decisions

I have a million things to do.  I know everyone does, but my list never seems to get any shorter - I just keep adding to it.  One of my best friends would tell you that "it's all about scheduling".  Whenever we have one of those "how am I going to get my life in order" conversations (and trust me, there have been many), the answer is always, "it's all about scheduling".  Having been a stay at home mom for the past seven years, one of the beauties (in my eyes) is that there's no time clock.  I could vacuum at 8:00am or 3:00pm, we could go for a walk right before lunch or right before bed - it doesn't matter.  Here's the problem with someone like me - no schedule - nothing gets done.  Well, that's not entirely true.  If I found out that next week, I was having house guests, I could pull it all together.  But if there's no deadline, no "have to have it done by" date, the items on my list just linger there.  Most people have items on a list - they get on the list and then they get off of the list.  My items get on the list and decide that they like it there - they build a house, decorate it, meet the neighbors and have a bar-b-q. 

So this last week I came up with a new plan that I'm going to implement today - let me correct that...the plan is new to me - I'm sure someone else has already thought this up, made it work, written a self help book and made millions.  Today, instead of trying to complete a huge project (for which there are many), I am going to just go through my list in 15 minute increments.  Every 15 minutes, I'm moving on to a new task.  Now, I realize that some of these "projects" I have aren't going to get done today - but let's be honest, we all knew that when we woke up this morning.  The hope is that I will at least cross off some of the smaller tasks and make progress on the bigger ones.  The bigger hope is that if I make progress on the bigger tasks, I will be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel, which will indeed motivate me to complete said projects.

I think this new plan will help my ADD brain since I won't have to focus on one thing for too terribly long.  Plus, I won't get too frustrated if something isn't coming together and just give up on my day - or spend the entire day trying to figure out why it isn't coming together.  I'll just move onto the new task.  I've been battling the way my brain works every time I try to accomplish something.  Today, I'm going to embrace it and see what the results take me.

I would love to expand on this idea.  As you all know, I love to talk something to death.  Unfortunately, my 15 minutes are up.