I told everyone in my previous post (yesterday, February 1, 2023) that I had discovered a new way of thinking about my commitments for the day. You can read about it here.
That post featured this photo I took of the mess I determined I would clean up that day — that being one of the only two jobs I gave myself that day:
I stuck with it. Being the only job I gave myself besides the newsletter, which I’d finished before tackling the desk, I had a sense of spaciousness as I worked my way through the papers.
I kept reminding myself — this is the only thing I have to do today.
I can do this.
What with all the detail work, and bill paying, and filing and, yes, some piling too for future work — it did take around four hours. But those hours were relaxed. They gave way to a couple easy breaks. I took a couple phone calls without feeling guilty.
And I got the whole job done.
It may not look like much. But it feels like five hundred pounds just got lifted off my back. So thanks, everyone, for being my accountability buddies — and thanks, Bleu, for giving me the idea in the first place.
