Partly inspired by yesterday's post about the ugly eczema monster, I've been thinking about being organised. See, I've never been organised consistently. I'll take a stab every now and again, but quickly fizzle out - and that frustrates me to no end. I long to be organised and efficient. As opposed to what I am at the moment, which is chaotic at best. I know it's only been two months since I had M, but I just feel so scattered. Like I'm just running around doing 15 things at once, and none of them properly. I'll get there, I'm sure. It's just that with different activities, medications, appointments, and it's time to feed this one, let me just put a load of washing on, and holy cow is it time for morning tea already I haven't even washed up the breakfast dishes yet! going on in my head all. the. time., I'm feeling a bit beleaguered.And I'm not even sure which way is up anymore. So what works for you all? Because I've got nothing. Well, maybe not nothing, but a small nugget of bright sparkly 'works for me' . Give yourself a break. Don't quit because you feel it's too hard. Do one thing. Just one small teeny tiny thing, and you're on your way to being organised. It doesn't matter what it is, just get up and DO IT. I'm off to We Are THAT Family for more Works For Me Wednesday inspiration, and then I'm off to find (and DO) my one teeny tiny thing. Happy Wednesday (unless you're here in Australia, where it's Thursday!)
XO,
Sarah
2 kind words:
I often have the same problem! Your tip about doing SOMEthing rather than panicking about how much you need to do is a very good one...when I remember it....
One thing I've learned from having a young child is to focus less on getting specific things done at specific times, more on doing what I can now. Sometimes the method of One Thing and Three Things is very helpful.
My main strategy these days is to make a weekly list showing what I hope to get done each day, check off things as I do them, but also add and immediately check off things I did that weren't on the list! When I feel overwhelmed, I make myself look at what I have done before I decide what to do next.
Whew lady, you just had a baby! You're not meant to be organised - you'll put the rest of us to shame!
In seriousness, I reckon the most important thing right now is how you're feeling about it and your recent posts (well, I haven't fully gone through the archive back to where I left off yet, but the last ones I read anyway) sounded like you were feeling good about where you were at.
As for advice - well, I'm the last person to ask, but I do find making a list helps. If I have a million things buzzing around my head, writing them down means I don't have to have them cluttering up my brain anymore. They're on a piece of paper somewhere, safe for when I get a chance to deal with them.
But as for having the billion things to do... I haven't got any solutions for that one I'm afraid :( Maybe prioritise? Don't worry too much if things aren't quite perfectly done? Just kick the toys under the couch and deal with them tomorrow?
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