Good morning! Sorry I was MIA yesterday. We had a really rough weekend. I am trying to stay positive, but it’s hard to when you have two houses to sell and an estate to settle. We know it will all work out eventually but it could take awhile. We were prepared for that but it still stinks!
I am so glad I will be gone for a week so I don’t have to think about it!
Isn’t it funny how when it rains it pours? Not only is all this stuff going on, but in the past week I have had a LOT of stuff going on with work, while it was dead the week before and after Christmas! Now I am trying to get it all done and I haven’t packed a THING yet and we leave TOMORROW! I am way to type A to have not packed yet, but I haven’t had time! We got back in town from Mississippi last night and I have been working on Disney stuff for other people all morning. (Which is fine because I love it!) I still have to do more Disney stuff, run, and pack all by tomorrow at 2:00! eeekk!
It is definitely crunch time! When I am in “crunch time mode” I don’t get on facebook, twitter, or read other blogs until I am done with everything I need to do. (Trust me, it is killing me!) So hopefully I can finish and get back to my normal internet crazed life!
Thinking about how I don’t allow myself to surf the web when busy, I started thinking about other things I can do to ensure I get things done when I need to. This is what I came up with:
1.)NO social media (facebook, twitter, etc.)
2.)no web surfing, including blogs and websites
3.) only check work e-mail
4.) eat lunch while I work to maximize time
5.) no TV playing in the background (I get distracted easily)
6.)make a list, and prioritize so I get the most important or time sensitive things done first. (scratching things off a list is liberating!)
7.)enlist help if possible. If I need laundry folded, ask hubby if he would mind doing it while he watches TV, etc.
8.)realize as much as I like to think I am, I am not superman and can’t do everything or be everything to everyone!
9.)If I start to feel overwhelmed, take a 10 minute break, but set a timer so I don’t end up wasting time.
These are things I have found the personally help me get things done! Now, get off the computer and work, work, work! (Unless, that is, you work ON the computer, like me!)
QOTD: How do you prioritize your time?
(this girl is a huge distraction!)
January 5, 2011 at 10:30 am
Good luck w/your race this weekend! I will be doing the half on Saturday. Pretty much all packed and ready to go except a few last minute things. I have to work 5-10pm tonight, finish packing when I get home, they leaving for the airport at 4:30am. Guess I won’t be sleeping much!
January 5, 2011 at 11:20 am
yikes! you sound busy, too! good luck in the race! if you see me around say hi!!
January 5, 2011 at 12:00 pm
sounds like you know how to make good use of your time! great list. Safe travels to you both!!!
January 5, 2011 at 1:45 pm
thanks so much!
January 5, 2011 at 12:53 pm
Good luck, Heather!! I’ll be thinking and praying for you guys. Very proud of you. And most important, have FUN!!!
January 5, 2011 at 1:45 pm
thanks so much! thats my main goal!
January 5, 2011 at 2:28 pm
Good luck with your race on Sunday! You’re going to be amazing and I can’t wait to read your recap! Have fun!!!
I’ll be running on Saturday! 🙂
January 5, 2011 at 3:07 pm
good luck to you, too!
I don’t know about amazing, we are taking it slow to have fun, stopping to take pictures with characters, etc. But I just want to finish this one!
January 5, 2011 at 3:41 pm
Hi there! Just wanted to wish you good luck at the marathon!! I have been reading your blog for a while (love it!) and I have never commented but thought I would stop lurking and say hello! GOOD LUCK and have fun!!!!
January 5, 2011 at 3:56 pm
thanks so much for saying hi! I appreciate it and the well wishes!
January 5, 2011 at 5:06 pm
I Love it, I am the same way when it comes to distractions. Don’t ask me how I can do it, but I will spend hours on facebook, twitter and blogs with our realizing it. When it comes to crunch time I turn on the announce time feature and let Alex remind me how much time I have. I have an awful sense of time, so it helps. I hope you have a great trip! I know we can’t wait for ours (even have the countdown clock going :)) Good luck on the marathon, and remember “We know that God causes all things to work together for the good of those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.”Romans 8:28
January 6, 2011 at 9:37 am
thanks so much Ana!
January 5, 2011 at 8:34 pm
Sorry things have been rough lately 😦 I hope after vaca things look up!
I only give myself an hour or so a day to play around on the computer. When that time is up, it’s work, work, work til it’s all done.
January 6, 2011 at 9:37 am
thanks, I hope so too!
January 6, 2011 at 8:39 am
Have fun Heather! I truly hope that you can relax a bit (even though you’re racing).
January 6, 2011 at 9:37 am
thanks girl!