Day 22: Letting go of Time to Keep Track of It

For the longest time I've been meaning to sit and inventory all of my notes from over the summer and put them in an order, prioritize, and plug into my calendar.  That was my task last night.  I divided things up and allocated them based on the need to complete them. Tonight I [dragged myself downstairs and] completed 8 of my 11 tasks on my list, with the remaining three tasks half complete.

The task-orienting is nothing new to me but I've always obsessed over the amount of TIME each task takes.  I've concerned myself with figuring out how much of what task will be done from here to there in my day.  But yesterday the difference was that I just concerned myself with tasks.  I didn't put a half hour tag on one thing and a two hour tag on the other.  I reasonable estimated what could be done and the projected level of my fatigue, and from there I just doled out the activities.

It worked today.  I looked at my list and just did it, one at a time, one by one.  Tomorrow's checklist DOES exist (at least 15 minutes per day but this'll be more than 15 minutes) but it is a relatively easy/fun list b/c let's face it, it is Friday folks.

On that note, I'm out!

Dessert List

22. Take piano lessons with Mari.

21. Pay attention to what GoodReads actually is because I think I would actually like it.

20. Enjoy Fantasy Football to its fullest extent

19. Learn what Candy Crush Saga is and still refuse to play it

18. Convert porch area into an inside-eating area

17. Organize my books

16. Get Federally-barred

15.  Okay - don't think I'm crazy - but write to publish. I had a very good idea for a law article today.  This will be one I don't pursue right away but I do think I would like it.

14. Email both Z and Mari at least once every other day with my thoughts on them,

us, life, God.

13. Track all of the funny stories I've posted of Samara on Facebook and either email them to her and/or put them in a book for her. (Note: this doesn't include Z because she doesn't talk yet and I hope I finish my diss. before she starts to talk...)

12. In relation to #11, gather all of my user names and passwords and put them in a list somewhere... figuring out where that place will be should be another to-do list item but we'll save it for later.

11. Figure out whether Instagram is worth my time or just another account with a password.

10. Apply as a USDOE Federal Reviewer (not a full time job, or anything.  A side-gig)

9. PINTEREST, Baby!  That's right, I've never looked KNOWING it is a time-sucker!

8. Clean out the garage

7. Complete the scrapbooking projects I have for the girls

6. Fix up the area I envision as a mudroom (which will cut down on dirt in the house)

5. GO TO THE GYM as often as I want (without feeling guilty)

4. Read a newspaper with coffee in the morning (without feeling guilty)

3. Write our wills, guardianship documents, etc.

2. Read a novel (without feeling guilty)

1. Learn Spanish with Mari and Z