It hasn't escaped my notice that the last few weeks I've been better at achieving my goals.
There are a few possible reasons why. One could be that I'm doing better lately with managing my time. I could also be benefiting from instituting a daily routine with a strict goal of writing every day; it's not a stretch to think that discipline could be spilling over into other goals as well.
But I've also been thinking about the general advice of only having three items on your to-do list. I've never given it any credence (I have way too much to do for that) but I find myself wondering if perhaps it's more applicable to larger and more involved projects.
Because while I've been making good progress on two of my projects, my novel and organizing in the doll room, I also have been tightly focused on both of those goals. I have had a few other goals cluttering things up on occasion, but for the most part I've been focusing on just these two things.
What if, when I feel I'm not being productive enough, it's just because I'm overextending myself? So rather than getting a lot done on a couple of things, I'm only able to get a little done on everything... and even that doesn't represent the maximum effort I have to give, because there is a limited amount of time and energy you can divvy up before you run out of spoons, so to speak.
It's food for thought, especially since my entire nature is to overextend myself. I have so many things I want to do. But it looks like may need to focus my efforts on what I most want to do, or else settle for accomplishing very little of all the things I want to do.
What would you do?
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