Reply #12: great ideas on this thread

[NJCher]

I've enjoyed reading everyone's input on this thread. I think these are my favorite types of threads. I have so much to do that I am always looking for new ideas and ways to get things done.

no name no slogan, I think your "break it down" point is a good one because if we can train our minds to look at the big picture, one or two accomplishments count. A case in point is when I walked through my gardens the other day. Gardening is my big thing in life and this time of year I start stressing out because there's so much to do. Instead, because we had a mild winter, I had spent a couple hours a day every day in my gardens. Wow, what that accomplished! On one level of my property, absolutely every space possible is planted with bulbs. Not only that, it is covered with a light tan straw mulch and it looks fantastic. Very neat. I can't ever recall feeling like that at this time of year. It's done wonders for my morale. Everytime I look at it I feel great.

This is not the case on the third level where I do my vegetable gardening. It is about 50% a mess but I look at the areas I have finished and say, "I'm getting there."

These are the things I've gotten done in small increments since my last post:

cleaned the kitchen, including cleaning the refrigerator
plant peas
prep another garden bed by cleaning out the leaves plus putting in compost
grocery shopping
legal work

Dangerously Amused, I use the music technique, too. When I'm in my garden, sometimes I start dancing around with the rake because of the tune I'm listening to (Madonna's "Hung Up" is my fave). I don't care if the neighbors think I'm a nut. It's pretty isolated back here, anyway. Also, I like to listen to podcasts. I just listened to an interview with Gary Hart about his new book. It makes any task that is drudgery much easier.




Cher