The last few weeks have been utterly crazy; so much was slipping through the cracks like so much kitty litter through the slats in the scoop [because, y'know, I'm responsible for two cats now, part-time, and the only thing stopping me from resenting the extra responsibility is that a) they're lovely creatures, really, and b) their litter box is directly adjacent to my studio space, so if I want my knitwear not to smell like kitty litter or worse, I gotta scoop that a few times a day]. I stopped myself so many times from sitting down to make a list of loose ends, because I knew I’d just forget something. Yes, it had gotten that bad. I was juggling more balls than I can count, people, and no amount of meditation or targeted action seemed like it could help me.
Fortunately, Merlin [bless him!] has my back. He’s prepared a list of incompletion triggers that you can use to evaluate all your commitments and turn them—and the stress associated with their incompletion—into actionable items. I sat down with this list and an hour later I had a plan.
I need to say “no” more often. It’s an issue for me, and I’m working on it. But until I perfect that art, I have this list to help me get it together whenever I’m nearing a GTD breakdown.
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