I started this post on Monday and now somehow it's Wednesday, if that gives you any idea of how this week is going. I'm not even sure where the time has all gone!
Last week was, in short, chaos. Coming off of an entire weekend of babysitting, I had two days of dog sitting for a different family, a day to ride, and then — on what was supposed to be my day to rest and recover -- my kitchen sink backed up and started leaking, and I spent Thursday and Friday dealing with that.
Somehow, despite all of this, the week looks very productive on paper.
Writing
I accomplished the bare minimum (my goal of one post) on social media. I didn't work on my novel, except for jotting down an idea I had for a different novel, so I need to work on that this week. But I did write a lot, with my politics newsletter going out near-daily (I took a couple days off over the weekend).
Decluttering and Organization
I worked on organizing the inventory I've accumulated (ordering before the de minimus exemption on small orders from China went away) for future doll shows and events. This weekend we also did a lot of work in the garden and on the patio, cleaning up everything and starting to get it ready for this year. I want to be able to write and take pictures out there this year.
Dolls
Working on doll projects is probably the only goal I did not make progress on this week, unless you count working on inventory. Which... I suppose if I'm going to make this into a business, that probably does count. After all, businesses often have a dedicated person to do purchasing for their stores. So let's consider this one achieved for last week, too.
Taxes
I still need to catch up since filing the extension and I don't want to leave it all until the last minute, but I did work on it a little this week. I need to get back to the email organization, but currently I'm working on getting all of my transaction records from PayPal.
Lessons Learned
It's funny how being under pressure sometimes makes me more productive. It would seem like this might be my answer to everything, but unfortunately, it's not sustainable since I often develop what I affectionately call a "productivity hangover" afterward.
This week is already shaping up to be less productive than last week, but that's okay. I've decided I'll just take it as it comes. It's nice to be able to slow down a little this week, in any case.
We'll see what being able to slow down a little did to my goals when next week rolls around.