Thursday, June 23, 2016

Thought I would catch up

I was on the road for 3 weeks.  I thought I would catch up this week...NOPE....I'm further behind.  I am isolating myself to get some major projects done because summer is flying fast in 5 more weeks I head back to school.  Every summer plan to get organized and caught up.  Every summer the time races by and I'm not caught up. 
 Issuses:
Time management yes. 
Energy management yes
Anxiety management yes

The stuff I put off to summer are all the big stuff I can't handle while I am at school.  Apparently I don't handle them any better in the summer time.  Oh boy.....what to do.....what to do?  I don't want to throw in the towel.  I don't want to hide in a corner....running away seems kind of reasonable but I already did that for three weeks.  I had an awesome trip with my daughter and two grandchildren visiting other children and grandchildren.  What a wonderful trip.  I love it.  But now I have lists of things to do, none of which I have done.  Bummer. 

2 comments:

Tundra Woman said...

Glad you had a good get-away!

Is it fear of not being perfect that results in putting off "the big stuff?" It sounds like you're facing a massive mountain and thinking, "OHHH NO! How will I ever get over this?"
One step at a time.

Can you chunk these projects down and maybe limit the time to shorter periods you spend doing them? Not hours at a time, but half hours at most. Then go do something else-like veg-and get away from the project completely. It feels like you're being frog-marched to a tribunal who will decide on your "punishment" for performing such criminal behaviors as putting off a large project till summer and having an enjoyable couple weeks on YOUR VACATION, Ruth. Oh you baaad girl! ;-)
TW

Ruth said...

Yep, I put off until they all lumped together, doctor appointments. I usually spread them out over the year but this was a weird year. I was so overwhelmed by work that I couldn't handle one more thing. Now I have yearly physical, brain tumor MRI, cancer check, and blood test all lumped together. Not the brightest plan but the one I inadvertently did to myself. I look at all the blogs on PTSD I need to catch up and feel over whelmed. Like you said, chunking it into more manageable pieces is a start. I am making progress on the home front of cleaning neglected areas of my house. I can actually see the results of my work now. Thanks for encouraging me TW. Later today I will make an appointment with one of my doctors. One is less intimidating that 3.