peace that passes all understanding
It turns out that my small experiment with setting specific self-rewards for certain things has been very successful thus far. I think I'll keep it up for a while, and see where it leads.
In the process, I have also discovered that one of my major sources of stress is the constant driving awareness of impending deadlines and looming large-volume or large-scope Things which I need to address. I am in fact brilliant at multitasking, but there's a price associated with it, and I'm coming to discover that I don't work as well to deadlines or by set schedules as I once used to.
Instead, for the past little while, I have identified things that I need to do, and set for myself that I will work on a very reasonable number of them each day, and then when I am doing so, I endeavor to keep myself in that moment and with that task or activity, whatever it may be, rather than thinking about all the other things awaiting my attention or trying to do too many of them at once.
It's remarkably freeing, and I am getting quite a lot more done in a shorter period of time than I have otherwise been doing.
(I suppose I could have subtitled this post "practical mindfulness." That's a much shorter description, and just as accurate.)
Anyway. Today is Saturday, and I am pretty sure it is afternoon. I am deliberately trying not to look at the clock, any clock, but instead am just moving through the day and doing one thing after another. It seems to be working out.
I'm also avoiding going anywhere near downtown today or tomorrow, as the USA Pro Cycling Challenge is descending on Denver this weekend. People are very excited about it; I applaud them, and at the same time am planning to stay out of the mass crowds and away from the blocked streets as best I can. Since the route is only a few blocks from here, that's more of a factor than one might otherwise think. :)
I wish each and every one of you a good weekend.
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In the process, I have also discovered that one of my major sources of stress is the constant driving awareness of impending deadlines and looming large-volume or large-scope Things which I need to address. I am in fact brilliant at multitasking, but there's a price associated with it, and I'm coming to discover that I don't work as well to deadlines or by set schedules as I once used to.
Instead, for the past little while, I have identified things that I need to do, and set for myself that I will work on a very reasonable number of them each day, and then when I am doing so, I endeavor to keep myself in that moment and with that task or activity, whatever it may be, rather than thinking about all the other things awaiting my attention or trying to do too many of them at once.
It's remarkably freeing, and I am getting quite a lot more done in a shorter period of time than I have otherwise been doing.
(I suppose I could have subtitled this post "practical mindfulness." That's a much shorter description, and just as accurate.)
Anyway. Today is Saturday, and I am pretty sure it is afternoon. I am deliberately trying not to look at the clock, any clock, but instead am just moving through the day and doing one thing after another. It seems to be working out.
I'm also avoiding going anywhere near downtown today or tomorrow, as the USA Pro Cycling Challenge is descending on Denver this weekend. People are very excited about it; I applaud them, and at the same time am planning to stay out of the mass crowds and away from the blocked streets as best I can. Since the route is only a few blocks from here, that's more of a factor than one might otherwise think. :)
I wish each and every one of you a good weekend.
This entry was originally posted at http://silveraspen.dreamwidth.org/280994.html and mirrored to LJ. Please comment where you wish! (There are
comments currently posted at Dreamwidth.)