tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14567402.post392796188818928601..comments2012-12-01T21:15:35.069+02:00Comments on adventures: Adjustment Week: my excuses and productivity plansAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01574631444321390242noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14567402.post-66247174236552725372012-01-17T23:09:44.327+02:002012-01-17T23:09:44.327+02:00WOW, Catherine, I just love what you are saying. I...WOW, Catherine, I just love what you are saying. I woke up and read this and it was like a reality check, a bolt from the blue, and I needed it. Seize the moment, listen to my heart. I'm trying, it's hard. I still get distracted by too many things. But things are starting to feel better, heart-wise, because I'm listening to what I feel more. Thank you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01574631444321390242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14567402.post-8740567491886329732012-01-16T02:04:16.167+02:002012-01-16T02:04:16.167+02:00I used to write lists. I used to write a lot of li...I used to write lists. I used to write a lot of lists. These days I prefer to seize the moment. There is nothing better than knowing you did whatever you needed to do in that spare 10 minutes the Gods of Time, so generously delivered you, in-between pegging out the washing, feeding the dog and changing a dirty nappy. I have concluded that over thinking is a health hazard, it essentially is a ticket to the couch of procrastination. Allowing friends to procrastinate with you? Well, bring a bowl of popcorn and DVD box set its going to be a long night. <br /><br />I’d suggest, next time you think about heading over to that couch of procrastination, ask yourself this. What I tell myself, I should do, those things, I have to do, are really that necessary? Maybe the answer is simple. Maybe you aren’t really that interested in doing it in the first place. Is doing a whole heap of things you are not interested in really that productive? Every morning I wake up I do my upmost best to live from my heart and not my head. I do this because I know from experience my head has lead me to places of acute boredom where I waste time, like a leaky tap drips water. It’s excessive. <br /><br />Before I end this response, I’d quickly like to thank Eve. Not the one from primary school but the naked Eve from way back when, who picked that apple. She picked that apple because it was so vibrantly red, so profoundly plump and she knew that her first bite to her very last would be so sweet. I like that. I like that she is living to her own desires, living from her heart and not some guidelines set by the man in the sky.<br /><br />2012 people. It’s the year of dancing to the beat of YOUR drum. Don’t get caught up listening to someone else’s beat….it ultimately ends up out of tune. That to do list that has those perpetual tasks that appear time and time again…. THROW IT OUT. Trust me. It feels so good.Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631407333388730270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14567402.post-55878532118322029902012-01-11T14:11:49.961+02:002012-01-11T14:11:49.961+02:00Napping! Sounds like a great idea Hash! And not as...Napping! Sounds like a great idea Hash! And not as simple as it sounds...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01574631444321390242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14567402.post-71892889074449609662012-01-11T09:31:37.696+02:002012-01-11T09:31:37.696+02:00add some of this!
http://www.boston.com/bostonglo...add some of this!<br /><br />http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/naps/Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421941912819478206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14567402.post-50049957867508100922012-01-08T19:13:34.894+02:002012-01-08T19:13:34.894+02:00Travelkath- hilarious, I understand the satisfacti...Travelkath- hilarious, I understand the satisfaction of crossing things off a list!<br />We're coming you're way at the end of May, so I'll message you soon so we can meet up then!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01574631444321390242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14567402.post-10420519227512075102012-01-08T17:38:53.099+02:002012-01-08T17:38:53.099+02:00I always use lists - I get satisfaction from cross...I always use lists - I get satisfaction from crossing things off to see the progress made - I even do it for the housework on a Saturday (which isn't very popular with Mr E!) And sometimes, if I've done some of the 'quick tasks' already, I still write them down, so I can score them off straight away - I know....bit OCD! PS. When you in Scotland?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14567402.post-53195125203311448562012-01-08T13:48:31.118+02:002012-01-08T13:48:31.118+02:00I like that idea Bernie! I always get distracted i...I like that idea Bernie! I always get distracted in the mornings, so doing lots of little tasks sounds like a good way to use my active brain at that time. I started using http://simpleology.com/ for a while, and found that it made me do the small tasks at the beginning too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01574631444321390242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14567402.post-49235704927661265682012-01-08T13:45:50.977+02:002012-01-08T13:45:50.977+02:00I usually start the day by doing each little task ...I usually start the day by doing each little task that takes 5 minutes or less to complete. So a series of those, usually take up the first hour but it means that they're not hanging over me for the rest of the day. I like the 20 minute idea and might give it a go tomorrow.Berniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11714796947259105673noreply@blogger.com