Izzie's been a busy serpent since last posting. Gave the woollybush that proper prune and now already got space to plant a whole bunch of wicked weeds Started using a sneaky trick of late. Would go past that tree and think that the big trim would be a good day's work. Best left for another day. But then last Sunday got the notion of just spending 20 minutes on it to get started. Was amazed at how much I could do in such a short snippet of time so did another 2 20 min installments and now it's all done. Of course it's going to take a good bit longer to actually deal with the pile of chopped branches and twigs
I guess the lists are kind of like Nanowrimo. You set some grand crazy goal of 50,000 things to do, manage about 20,000, feel like a failure but then realize that is 20,000 more than would have got done without the goal. Sometimes an item will sneak itself into getting done long after I forget it's even there. But the inner serpent is still busy plotting and planning in the background.
I've found that putting stuff on autopilot works far better than relying on passion or enthusiasm. That seemed to be the secret of your Week from Hell. So much energy is wasted deciding what to do and when to do it that if stuff is all mapped out for you in 30 minute chunks then you just follow the list until it bores you to death.
Cloudy Cat
Started using a sneaky trick of late. Would go past that tree and think that the big trim would be a good day's work. Best left for another day.
But then last Sunday got the notion of just spending 20 minutes on it to get started. Was amazed at how much I could do in such a short snippet of time so did another 2 20 min installments and now it's all done. Of course it's going to take a good bit longer to actually deal with the pile of chopped branches and twigs
I guess the lists are kind of like Nanowrimo. You set some grand crazy goal of 50,000 things to do, manage about 20,000, feel like a failure but then realize that is 20,000 more than would have got done without the goal.
Sometimes an item will sneak itself into getting done long after I forget it's even there. But the inner serpent is still busy plotting and planning in the background.
I've found that putting stuff on autopilot works far better than relying on passion or enthusiasm. That seemed to be the secret of your Week from Hell. So much energy is wasted deciding what to do and when to do it that if stuff is all mapped out for you in 30 minute chunks then you just follow the list until it bores you to death.
Winter is coming. Do enjoy your grey rainy days.