For quite some times, I made the mistake that whenever I felt that there is too much on my plate (too much tasks to deal with) I started to make the first thing first quickly ... but without checking if that task is the first one (the real one) to get done ... let me tell you what I mean by this. NOW I face a similar situation. However me make our plans, certain things cut through our agenda, or at least "steal"some extra time from our schedule. (That's we talked about this yesterday> https://noise.cash/post/1q42rzkg it's important to take a look on HOW we progress through a time period ... looking out for patterns to make them better). So I'm using my method that helped me a lot up until this day. If I feel stuck because I'm overwhelmed by a bunch of things to do and often times they have to be done by yesterday ... the best thing to do, is to have a BREAK and thought this through. Remember, this is also a problem of perception (https://noise.cash/post/lrpmq7j9 ). Similar as we are driving and we are lost. The simplest thing is to step on the BREAK, pull over, and think it through what is the next move ... otherwise we just consume time and fuel. Also the same in our everyday life: we just consume time and energy. Just have a breath and think for a moment. I made the mistakes by procrastinating on things, rescheduling some task and now they overlap each other. BUT I can't change the SITUATION NOW... so first, I'll find a solution for this, and learn the lesson after this is DONE. So what I used to do, is to write all my problems without an order to a clear paper (most of the time, the more important things what we feel are the most important, came first anyway.) After I'm ready, I must put this in order. This way I can see if my first thing to do is: 1. still a PRIORITY? 2. brings me real VALUE? 3. by not doing it, who pays the COST? After these questions, We came up with a new to do list, often time with additional COST (time, energy or money) but it's way easier than just hold that in our head and running all over stressfully. NOW is the time, to start. The rest keeps coming. How do YOU deal with extra stressful "lastest minutes" ToDo lists? Have a great, productive day NOW! #NOWember
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