I’m trying to get organized this year. Why?
It’s never worked before!
I want to spend the next 365 days (well, 361 by now) focused
on making some changes that might let me feel less stressed at the end of next
year. I would also like to practice the
piano more than I usually do – which is not at all. Before I went to Afghanistan in 2012, I
played at least weekly as I accompanied the choir. But after I got back from Afghanistan, I
became the choir conductor as opposed to its accompanist. I now find that I don’t just sit down and
play very often. I think I have to blame
that stress component – knowing that I have lots to do makes playing the piano
seem very frivolous.
Making lists should be first on the list of change-inducers;
however, when I make those “to-do” lists, I get stressed because of the amount
of stuff I have to do in any one day. It
makes me crazy. What’s worse, as I get
going on one of the items on my list, I find something else that should be done
and get distracted, leaving my list and heading off into another
direction.
Feeling overwhelmed is not a good way to spend any day, and
certainly is not a good way to spend every day.
The result of feeling overwhelmed is that very little gets done as I
fret over the number of things left to do.
I want to be productive; more than that, I want to have a
clean working environment. Right now, as
I write this, I look at piles of paper on my desk that have been there for so
long that I can’t remember what is there at all.
Perhaps I will have a better start tomorrow. I certainly hope so!
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