Too much to do.

[airshipjones]

Time management skills are feeling taxed. But I am getting lots of stuff done. Now if only I could get a decent nights sleep. Even when I get into bed, I keep thinking of all the stuff I didn't get done, or the stuff I am planning to to tomorrow. Sigh...

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[hopeforyou.livejournal.com]

Sounds like we have something in common, there. I really, really need to go to bed very soon. I also have a lot to do. I need to find effective ways to shut my brain down at night so I can sleep, because I think thinking about my to-dos generates a worry cycle sometimes. I don't think that is happening every night this week to keep me from sleeping -- but it did happen earlier this week, along with mixed feelings about the shuttle disaster.

I've been told developing certain night-time rituals can help, so I'm going to try them. One is making a visible to-do list in a non-bedroom part of your house and portioning out enough time for each task, and visibly crossing them off when they're done. The sense of accomplishment provides relief, and less worry that things which are important won't get done. Another is to find some distracting enough task to transition from doing work-related stuff to sleep, like reading a book before nodding off. The mind often needs a distraction to break from what it was engaged in before...meditation is also good for this, supposedly, as well as body therapies (massage, hot herbal baths, etc.).

If you find anything that helps, please let me know. I'm fighting the tendency to be all things all the time; I find I just can't do it.

[katminnaar.livejournal.com]

Maybe you DO just plain have "too much to do." But I think hopeforyou had some excellent suggestions. Keeping lists, doing something different & relaxing before bedtime, etc. They've worked for me in the past. You also HAVE to stick to a planned bedtime in order to get enough sleep!

Basically, there's really nothing you can do about anything you *have to do* late at night, from bed. Just write it down, put it away, and don't think about it until the next day. Some people write up a daily schedule; block out their time by the hour and devote each hour to some specific task (aside from regular work hours).

I hope some of these help!

[airshipjones.livejournal.com]

Actually, one of the best ideas I've ever heard, I got from Mom. It was to just sit down, or lie down, and think through all the things you did do during the day in the order you did them in. Put the day into perspective, and then let it go. I find it very effective, when I remember to do it.

On the list thing, I have a PDA phone, so all my lists are in that, and it goes everywhere with me. Liek I said, I feel like I'm getting lots of stuff done, but I just feel like I am having a difficult time keeping up with it all.

At times, I will get into this Zen state where everything flows. All the actions work out, traffic flows just right for me to get where I want to quickly, projects go without a hitch, and that sense of rightness to all my actions, and connection to everything I do is Awesome in the truest meaning of the word. Lately I am feeling a long way away from that Zen state.

Sigh.