Overwhelmed, too many details…chaos on the rise…

Posted by Susan Epstein on July 19th, 2010 at 09:44pm

If you are like me, you have thousands of details running around in your head. Sometimes you might be doing one thing and a thought comes flying in… “Oh yeah! I forgot I have to make that doctor’s appointment.” And then it leaves your head and doesn’t get done…maybe for months!

Recently I have found that it helps to make lists. I fought this for years thinking that it would feel worse to see everything that I wanted or needed to do on paper. But I was wrong. The list is amazing. First, it allows me to free associate, mind dump, clear…whatever you want to call it. (Even if I didn’t take it a step further than that it is helpful.)

Secondly, it allows me to prioritize and decide what needs immediate attention, what I can put off, what I can group together (such as errands or phone calls). And third, there is magic in the writing down. I had been wanting to go back to the gym for months! Talked about it, imagined it…all that. I didn’t go. Last night I opened my calendar and made an appointment with myself for 8:00am Monday morning. Guess what? Yup, I went. Magic.

What do you want to accomplish? Where can you write it down? Let me know.

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