Getting things done
January 17th 2010 07:02 pm
I’m feeling a little overwhelmed again at the moment. Now that I have got back into the daily groove of work I am rediscovering how tired it makes me. This hasn’t been helping me get anything done so my to-do list has been ever growing since Christmas and my stress along with it.
Those that follow me on Twitter will notice the amount of films I have watched recently and will say “Stop watching films then and get on with some work”. This is easier said than done where I am concerned though.
My personality does not lend itself to self-motivation. After a little self reflection recently I came to the conclusion that the thing that motivates me more than anything else is getting things done. That’s why I love my 9-5 work at the moment. I feel like I achieve something on a daily basis and come away smiling.
Unfortunately, I am so tired when I get home that motivating myself to do anything apart from just pray, cook, eat and chill is too much. I want to relax in the evening and at the weekend so I can be ready for the next working day.
But if this carries on I will never get anything done at home again!
Before Christmas I discovered an online app called Teux Deux (http://www.teuxdeux.com) which allowed me to schedule what I was going to do on a day by day basis and it really worked. My problem now though is I have so many things to do that I don’t know what order to do them in.
My plan is to read up on the Getting Things Done principle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_things_done) which I have looked into in the past but never properly implemented in my home life.
So I may be a little busy for a while organising everything but hopefully when that is done I will find the motivation to blog again and get lots of other things done.
Watch this space…