Today is a big picture day. Today I am contemplating the vast sweep of the rest of this year and wondering what we were thinking when we scheduled so much stuff. And yet it all feels important. I was going to list it all out, but then I realized that having it laid out might stress Howard and me more. All the stuff is on the calendar. I can deal with it when I get there. For now I just need to keep doing what I have been doing since January 1st, which is take things one week at a time.
If you were to graph the busy-ness of my weeks, there would be a huge bulge each Monday that tapers off toward the end of the week. This happens because I try to get as much done as fast as I can. I’m trying to get ahead. I hope that I’ll actually be able to do some of next week’s stuff this week, thus removing some of the stress from next week. I want to get stuff done, because stuff that is done no longer clutters up my calendar or my to do list. Instead what usually happens is that I wear out by Thursday afternoon. Then Friday frequently ends up as an avoidance day where I don’t do the things on the list. Weekends have a different rhythm because the kids don’t have school. Then I’m back to Monday, determined to get things done.
This week I have merchandise shipping, Teraport Wars layout, and two birthdays to plan.
While being busy can be a pain in the tuchas, it does beat living a pointless, boring life. You guys are living quite an adventure!
It is an adventure for which I am extremely grateful. I’m so glad to be having it. But like most adventures, there are parts in the middle that are exhausting.
The Big Picture
I had that problem too. I used to work like that and use Fridays as a filing day when I sorted out the files I had to keep. That was usually more relaxing and less stressful. Nowadays I have the pleasure of being retired so no pressure to keep on top – which is actually more difficult than it sounds as you tend not to achieve things at all!
It sounds to me like you go by the same weekly schedule everyone else does. Gung Ho on Monday and frazzled on Friday.
Ona