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Getting Things Done
The Struggle to be Meaningful in Our Time
I have my list. It is not too long because business gurus on LinkedIn tell me to keep it manageable. The video on YouTube demonstrated with a bucket of sand and rocks how to fill my morning with the big things first, and the little things can fill in the crevices. The book I am reading said to aim to get just one important thing done each day.
I’m renovating the basement. I am in graduate school. I am writing. I have to take my kids to the doctor. To choir practice, swimming, and tennis lessons. I clean the house. I help cook dinner and clean up then herd children to showers and read with them and put them to bed. My wife says hi from time to time to remind me that somewhere beyond the mayhem we have a relationship to nurture and enjoy.
That’s how six A.M. turns into ten P.M. without even knowing what’s happening.
Forget time. What day is it? And yeah I ate that bag of chips. What about it? Stress eating is my jam.
My journal only has eight spaces a day for tasks. That helps things from getting out of control. I need the help.
