Get better at Getting Things Done

Here I am, surfing and looking at the status of other people’s goals, reading interesting and funny entries and generally enjoying myself. But am I getting things done?! Nope G* My homework for my Mandarin class later today is still not done, I still have some work to do and I have plenty of shelves and boxes that could do with some TLC (sorting stuff etc.). Funny *G

So all in all I could do better with this goal, but.. Then life wouldn’t be as much fun, and I do so enjoy myself :oD

Can’t really save that I have gotten “better” at getting things done – but I am mostly getting things done, and I guess that is what counts G Have at least one goal per day – and most days I actually reach my goal.

Still room for improvement though ;o)

It’s not that I am not getting things done – I simply have too many things that I want to do, I think :o/ But today I have dragged down a lot of our newspapers to the recycling bin. Our door was nearly blocked from all the papers we had accumulated, so in a small way it was a big task :o)

I think I need to return to the system that I used some months ago: I created a list of all the things that I wanted/had to do, and then I chose one thing (minimum) per day. It could be big tasks taking hours, but it could also be that dead annoying thing that actually only took me 3 minutes to do, but HOURS and HOURS to think about doing :o)

OK, I admit it.. I have a tendency to select new goals when I have an idea that I can actually also get these goals DONE ;o) E.g. my latest – going to the movies.

BUT.. have also managed to get a few things done during the past week, which I am really happy about :o) Today, I for instance got to the zoo for the first time in a long time. It was really great! And I also managed to do some house chores that were long overdue :oO

OK.. I admit it – like the recipe thing, I haven’t had much success in this goal so far, as I am on average only getting personal things done every second day or so.. But one thing that I do get done, and that I am very proud of, is the book thing – I am still on target, but I suspect that I have to read a lot of books “extra” in the coming weeks, as I will be off on vacation soon, and since we have to travel a lot, I won’t be able to bring that many books.. but I will make sure to make them BookCrossing books so that I can bc them as we go ;o)

Today I have already (it is only 11.10 am) been really good at getting things done :oD Thus, I have done the final two loads of laundry (even though that is not my household task, but having a bf with the flu makes it necessary ;o)) AND I have polished the windows in our bedroom and in our office >> three tasks in total :o) So now I can lean back and relax for the rest of the day :oD

Hmm.. have decided that I had better start adding stuff to this “thing” as well, as it seems as if I get nothing done at all, and that is not quite true ;o)

My new philosophy is that instead of thinking of all the things I want to do and never get around to doing, I will make a list of things. Whenever I think of something, be it something huge or just a small task, I add it to the list. And then I have to pick one thing from the list each day, meaning that each day I get a thing done. Some days I do more than one thing, other days I just do one – but the result is that I get to feel much more efficient ;o)

So off I go, becoming better at getting things done ;o)