scheduling, planning, time management

These are my strengths

but with every strength, there is a flipside

so although I can schedule myself within an inch of my life and be prolific as all hell,

I can also spread myself way too thin

and realize it way too late

ohh nooooo, wait noo

I don't, no, I don't like this

So, having been someone who takes on too much, too often

Here are the signs that I look for that usually trigger this realization for me and some helpful ways to adjust

Number one

you're exhausted

all the time

Whenever I find myself exhausted all the time,

I try to always schedule relaxation

whether that means I have to cancel or reschedule a previous commitment

it's worth it, because if you're dead tired, you're not going to do anything productive

Two

you're stressed out, all the time

Whenever I'm stressed out, I know that that means I have to slow down

So my favorites right now are: drinking a cup of tea, and going for a small walk outside

or sitting down and petting my cats for five minutes

'cause normally when you get really stressed out, it also comes with headaches right?

So, you really just have to slow down and breathe

Three

you forget to eat

Oh! It's 6PM already? Pfft! Time for breakfast!

Don't forget to eat!

I do this all the time, it'll be like so late in the day

and I feel really upset and sad and angry and I'm like "Why do I feel this way?" and then you're like "Oh yeah, I forgot to eat"

Don't do this

Four

You're forgetful and drop the ball on things

[smack]

I hate, hate, hate whenever I'm not at the top of my game

If I'm missing meetings or I'm forgetting things that are said in emails

I know that it's time for me to take a look at everything that I'm doing and start trimming some stuff

because if you're doing everything horribly, you don't want to be doing it at all

Five

you wish for the sweet release of death

or at least a nap

Please time, *sob*, just slow down or stop and I swear I will worship you as the one true god of all gods

*cries*

I don't wanna...*cries*...I don't wanna, *cries*

This one's really hard for me, my tendency is to stay up all night and try to finish all the work that I have to do

but now I'm trying to go to sleep at a decent hour and just wake up earlier and more refreshed to finish it

because lack of sleep is a nightmare and you become a monster for the rest of the day

I wanna do everything all the time

but life is long, you know? You have to pace yourself

Realistically, you can accomplish three to five goals every day

and it is quality over quantity.

You want to be giving one hundred percent of yourself to everything that you're doing

Not ten percent to a bunch of stuff because you've taken on too much

I hope this helps

I'm Anna Akana

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