I'm at that point in my week where my plans for the week are completely mangled, and I'm in a panic trying to figure out how to cram everything in that I wanted to get done and haven't.
I knew it was going to happen. When I posted my outlook for the week Monday evening, my carefully organized schedule and color-coded calendar (I'm not kidding) were already getting derailed. I shifted everything to accommodate the new plan. And again. And again.
I'm here to say that it didn't work, everything is falling apart, and nothing I planned is getting done.
Today feels especially like a failure, I guess, because I didn't really get anything work-like done at all (except for this blog post, which is a dubious win). It was somewhat expected, as I had my weekly ride with a friend in the morning, and had a scheduled opportunity to preview a doll sale before the actual sale starts. But I had still been hoping to get a few other things done in smaller chunks.
What I did do (just now) was to triage my to-do list yet again, to see what I can salvage of the week. Fortunately tomorrow should be a much more manageable day, with more time at home and fewer (knock on wood) potential distractions.
How do you manage it when things come up that require you to reschedule everything else? I don't want to be so rigid that I can never adapt as needed, but at the same time, I need to figure out how to keep my schedule from getting out of my control!
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