Monday, November 17, 2008

Throwing Out Your To-Do List

I’ve had a few weeks where things have gotten busier and busier. I’ve been using my casual time management techniques but I started to feel rushed. My to-do list was growing both on my computer and in my head. I felt pulled from one idea to another and at the end of the day I never felt like I’d gotten enough done. Ugh! I really don’t like living this way.

I’m grateful that I’ve learned to recognize these feelings because and I know the next step is feeling out of control and I REALLY don’t like that feeling. It starts to feel like I’m on a roller coaster and I do NOT like roller coasters.

Have you ever experience this? Waking up in the morning with your mind in a twirl and not wanting to even start your day? We all have, and what I encourage you to do is to learn to recognize the way you feel as you come to this point. As you learn to identify the feelings involved you can start to identify the problem earlier and earlier in the cycle so you can fix it before you become miserable, or life combusts.

Yesterday morning I made a choice to step it up a notch and use a little more rigorous time management and priority management in my life. Just one little shift on one day and I feel great! I know what’s getting done – and just as important, what’s not getting done. I feel good about what I am accomplishing each day. And best of all it only takes a few minutes to do. Actually I’m spending less time planning now than I was a few days ago and I feel great!

If you would like the details about what I did to shift my feelings just visit http://www.choosemylifenow.com/articles/throwingoutyourtodolist.html and read the article Throwing Out Your To-Do List


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