I don’t have enough time to do everything?
How many times have you uttered these words? What about:
I feel overwhelmed?
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When someone asks you to commit to a project, volunteer with a group or attend a meeting, is your default answer, “yes”? Or are you able to reflect and give a firm “no”? Or do you say yes, but wish you said no?
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Are you someone who completes your work early and doesn’t stress about quickly approaching deadlines? Or do you find yourself sliding into home as the catcher swings his glove above you and just get it done in the nick of time?
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I love a good system.
Love might be overstating it, but upon further reflection, I really don’t think so.
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Are you a slave to your to do list? It is easy to get caught up in the list of tasks we need to accomplish, but are they the right tasks?
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Last weekend I was feeling extremely overwhelmed. I had a to do list which seemed insurmountable, and no motivation to climb that mountain. I was coming off a busy week and had some looming deadlines which were creeping up faster than I would have liked.
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I often get asked about planning and my system and since my blog is mainly inspired by questions people ask me, I thought I would try to get my system down on paper. I should probably have broken this description into multiple blog posts, but I just wanted to give it all in context, so grab something to drink, and find somewhere comfortable to sit.
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It’s nearing the end of the first week of my Academic Writing and Critical Thinking course and I am starting to feel better about it.
The course started Monday and looking back at my text messages from that day, I can pull out a common theme that could best be summarized as “Crap. What did I sign up for?
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Life is busy. I’m not sure anyone would argue with that statement. Not anyone I know anyway. I’ve never heard any of my friends say, “Wow, I have tons of time to sit around and do nothing but watch TV.” I’m sure there are people who have lots of time; I just don’t seem to know them.
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