I feel like I am constantly trying to repeat this to myself these days. Mostly, right now, on time management and getting the things I want/need to get done done. All the way through. I found this message to be useful this morning:
I, like many (most?), am good at making excuses. They can be very good believable excuses. And I feel like I'm constantly moving...but as mentioned before, am I really making movement on the things I truly want to be moving toward, or am I making excuses and instead, moving toward other things? (And using them as excuses.) Huh? What I mean is, I used to believe that all movement/action/good things were good and would be ok to do in the moment, now, I'm realizing that for me at least, I've got to learn to focus, to be more selective, more aware, of my choices and how they are either adding to, or taking away from the time spent on a goal. (I know that sentence is a major run on, but who has time to fix that?!?)
I found the above thoughts on Jeff Goins post here. I kind of took the comment in a different direction than where he was going, but it all ties together sort of. In my mind anyway.
I also read a post on Design Sponge about making to-do lists. Believe you me, I can make some awesome to-do lists, but realistic to-do lists? Not so much. Overwhelming to do lists? Totally! So, reading this post by Caroline Clark was super helpful. I love smart people that share what works for them.
Choose two things, get them done. I can do that. I've never ever looked at my list and not felt I should get all of them done. So breaking them down to two things will really help me prioritize. I like it, I'm going to try it.
