Who knows where the time goes?

[mdlbear]

For a couple of weeks now I've been getting even less done than usual on all the various projects I've been working on. As little as six months ago I'd had hopes that I'd have most of the work done for my next album by now; I'll be lucky to get the first one or two scratch tracks done today. There are organizing projects and carpentry projects scattered all over the house; software projects and writing projects and web projects scattered all over three filesystems.

Last night I realized how much more of my time is going into my improved relationship with Colleen, staying in touch with the Wolfling, and even chatting with the Younger Daughter, who is rapidly transforming herself from a child into a young woman. Have I mentioned that I don't multitask well? Not too surprising, then.

It's a good trade-off. I'll take it.

Meanwhile, though, I have a tendency to stare at my lengthening to-do list and feel paralyzed and powerless, rather than pick an item -- any item -- and damned well just do it.

*sigh*

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[thnidu.livejournal.com]

Meanwhile, though, I have a tendency to stare at my lengthening to-do list and feel paralyzed and powerless, rather than pick an item -- any item -- and damned well just do it.

That's WAY too familiar!

[mdlbear]

*wry smile*

[chaoswolf]

Staying in touch with the Wolfling is sort of optional. More my responsibility to stay in touch with you, but that's beside the point.

And what's this about Little Sister turning into a Woman? Care to be a bit more specific than that?

[mdlbear]

Things like keeping her room clean, giving a damn about how she looks, getting rid of the Barbie junk,...

[mbumby.livejournal.com]

I have a huge list, and having just spent a week and a half on the road, I'm giving myself ONE more day, and I'm not going to look at it.

For me, to some extent it might be boredom that keeps me from working on one item until it's done, and it might be the fact that when my perfectionist side is ascendant, NOTHING WILL _EVER_ BE _DONE_. So, what I tend to do is spend some time -- when the tasks are cleaning rooms in the house, 45 minutes to an hour, when it's a craft, 15 minutes knitting, crocheting, cross-stitching, whatever -- just SOME time on an item, and then move on to the next item (or room).

Except for now, when there is ONE HUGE TASK with a TINY deadline that is taking ALL of my energy... but then I just don't allow myself to become bored.

And if after a certain length of time I notice that I've skipped one item in order to work on others instead (which I will allow myself to do -- it's not like they don't all need to be done) then I'll figure out why I'm avoiding it...