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[twirlgrrl]

My life = completely unmanageable. It's getting to the point where I can't function at all. What do I do? Chuck the whole thing and start fresh? Try to catch up? It sucks because the things that are pending are all things I really want to do and be involved in--I really enjoy my work (not to mention needing the money, ha ha), I want to help with St. Luke's, I want to keep up with my friends at least via email if not by phone, I want to keep up with Blue's LJ/memory book, I want to spend time with my husband, I am dying to clean up my office... everything is something I really want to do, which is a lovely position to be in. But I just can't do it. I'm getting so panicked about it lately. I seriously do not know what to do.

I thought it was getting better, too! For a few weeks I was feeling pretty comfortable with never catching up, and I was enjoying life. I need to get back there somehow. But the only thing I can think to do to make myself feel better is to work... to start hacking away at the gigantic to-do pile, and I just can't make any headway.

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[janisfan.livejournal.com]

{hugs}

I totally know how you feel.

One thing I learned from writing 30+ page papers in college is to work backwards when contemplating a large project. Get yourself a calendar and think about what you'd ideally be doing the day before it's due, the day/week/months before that, and before that- until you get to the present. Then factor in other things that also have to be done during that same time period and make a plan. My problem is that I want to get from point A to point C without first needing to do point B and so I get stuck at point A whining to myself/to LJ/etc.

[twirlgrrl.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I am working on a master to-do list and it has due dates (it's online) so that's semi-helpful. The only thing is, there is way more on that list than I could ever possibly hope to accomplish. At least if I get everything on it I can sorta/kinda eliminate some things. Or something.

Whining to LJ helps sometimes!