When you are feeling overwhelmed by an overly long to do list, as the famous slogan states, "Just do it".
Just do the things that need to be done. Make a list. Choose the most important thing, or even the easiest on the list, just pick one thing, focus on completing that task and move on to the next. I waste way too much energy stressing about all I have to do, usually while surfing social media, rather than just completing the tasks that are stressing me out. I will spend an hour telling my husband how much I have to do, my plan for how I am going to do it all, etc., when I could just be doing it. It seems simplistic, but it is truly effective. By focusing on a task, you become calmer and more centered. Then, as each task is completed, you will find the strength and energy to complete the next one. Even if, at the end of the day, you have not completed everything or even half of the tasks, you get to go into the next day with a sense of accomplishment and are not piling on 15 new things to an already overwhelming plate.
****This post was a necessary reminder to myself as I woke up with my mind racing towards my mile-long to do list for this day that should be a day of rest. It may also be construed as me finding a way to procrastinate on actually using this very wise advice.
****Okay I am getting out of bed now to actually use this advice. No really, I am, well maybe just a few more minutes....
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