As I explained in a recent blog post, I am trying to finish an assignment from a client, help my daughter move into a new apartment and get ready for vacation.
Because I am feeling a little harried, I am trying a different approach every night when I write my to-do list for the next day.
Here are the rules:
- I am not adding anything to my list of things-to-do before vacation. Of course, I have to make a few exceptions. I need to buy more food for our dog, Ginger, for example.
- I am editing my list of things-to-do before vacation and making a list of things-I-absolutely-have-to-do before vacation.
- I am making of list of things-that-I-don’t-have-to-do. I do not have to clean house. No one is going to notice that my house is dirty while I am on vacation.
- I also am making a list-of-things-to-do after I get back from my trip. There are lots of things that can wait a couple of weeks.
- I am not making a list of things to do on vacation. It’s my vacation! All I have to do is have fun hanging out with my family.
–Joy
