I'm actually obligation-free until I pick up the kids at 3:30, then have football tonight at 5:30, yet still feel like the clock is tick, tick, ticking all day so that always makes me feel a bit panicked, and this bugs me that I'm still not over that after 2 months of the kids being at school.
{It's Crazy Hat Day today}I'm being such a boob today, I've got to get myself together and just do it. Alright, alright I'm going. Wahhhh.
**Do you have to psych yourself up for jobs like this?
Does feeling overwhelmed make you want to shut down?
Do you want to smack me for whining?**
Does feeling overwhelmed make you want to shut down?
Do you want to smack me for whining?**
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I completely relate to this TODAY! I've got time, relatively uninterrupted until 2pm and sooo many projects that need to be done, I cannot decide where to start.
If I smacked you, then I'd have to smack myself for whining too. So, feel free to whine when you feel overwhelmed, or retreat to the cozy. No judgement here!
Seriously though, good luck with whichever task you decide to tackle!
I totally have to talk myself into jobs like that. Ugh. I need to rake leaves today before it rains again and they mock me- have been for over a week now.
Sometimes I wish I could just shut down when the overwhelming feelings come- but it just isn't my nature. I get in there and get it done. Being in the cozy today sounds so great though!
Cleaning out the garage is one of the worst jobs (spiders causing much of the problem!), but what a great feeling when it is done!!
I am finding myslef with a "free" morning today too! They cancelled school due to the smoke and fire so I am just hanging out at home with Noelle. Since this is the morning I am usually helping at Noelle's class (I NEVER plan to do anything else Thursday mornings), I am now wandering around the house thinking of all I SHOULD be doing, but not wanting to do any of it!!
I generally have to talk myself into most things - doing the dishes, laundry, showering. Lame! I do think I could use a smack upside the head most days, just to get me going.
I totally have to talk myself into big projects like cleaning the garage. This probably isn't helpful, but at least the state of your garage is 10x better than mine currently! My garage is mocking me, and I just don't have what it takes to tackle it. I'm baby-stepping. Good luck on your big job! (and thanks for adding the fake crying at the end of your video, that always makes me laugh.)
Do you have to psych yourself up for jobs like this? oh, most definitely!
Does feeling overwhelmed make you want to shut down? it does, and i do...
Do you want to smack me for whining? no way, just a gentle shove towards the garage. often, that's all i need!
When I have too much to do, orfeel overwhelmed, yes, I totally just want to shut down and pretend like I don't have any projects that need to be done, but then they're still there. Doing projects always take me longer than I think they will anyways though because cleaning isn't enough for me, I try to organize and reorganize things.
Once again....the same thing today!
It's hat day here & Chloe wore my
beach hat I bought in Maui. I set out her lil bro's Jesterz hat from
Disneyland, but she opted for pink
& brown cuteness! Was yesterday
your crazy sock & tie day? That would be too weird! I have so much to do around the house right now, I shut down & got on my computer for a very important reason....I
just can't recall what it is!HAA!
So, I get to comment on yours-ciao
(my project today -if I get it done, will be posted later for sure!yay)
I know exaclty how you feel when you have so much to do but just want to go to the cozy. I feel like that a lot. So no, I don't want to smack you! I hope you enjoy your day!
I'm really sorry you have such a phobia about spiders. I just don't mind them, really, so it's hard to imagine what a panic the garage task must put you in - but you can hear the tremors in your voice on that video. Poor Jill!
We've got no school here for a week as it's half term, so jobs are just piling up into an almighty avalanche for me. Hence no SPT or posting. I just can't portion out time v.well at the moment. Hope you managed something today.
smak. smak. smak. I hear you all the way down here...I hope you can't hear me, because you are in the garage....I think I have to get angry and that way I fuel the energy I need to tackle a task I am not ready to embrace...even though I don't like it, it gives me the adrenaline and stamina I need. Good luck...with your experience, you can help alf...with ours..
Whine away! I have to psych myself up to do a lot of things, even small ones!
If you conqur that garage today I will be impressed beyond words.
I had some time today and had a hard time deciding which of the many things I should do I would do. Sew halloween costumes? Mop my VERY dirty floor?
I baked cookies instead.
I think I go through this exact self talk each and every day.
From the above post--it seems you did a great job motivating yourself! Nice work.
Your video cracked me up!
I do get so overwhelmed that I shut down. It's sa frustrating place to be, because once you actually start it's not so bad.
The call of the cozy is strong for me lately. It's quite a battle during my always cold season.
Reading posts backwards is bizarre. I already know the rewarding outcome of the garage dilemna! I've never been one who reads the end of the book first, so for someone like you, who posts frequently, I'll need to start at the bottom next time.
We're doing the same Red Ribbon Week, but I had no crazy hats so Seth just wore his BYU hat. In Salt Lake, it can seem kind of crazy;)
That is seriously a good problem to have, though, it is frustrating to not quite know what to do because what is calling for your attention you don't want to do. I find myself in this position all the time, but I find if I just do it then I can move on to better things.
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