Comments on: Scheduling fun? https://moriahjovan.com/talesofdunham/blog/scheduling-fun/ Never underestimate the commercial value of mental illness. Tue, 29 Jul 2025 22:16:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.3 By: Moriah https://moriahjovan.com/talesofdunham/blog/scheduling-fun/#comment-9041 Wed, 07 May 2014 04:10:33 +0000 http://moriahjovan.com/mojo/?p=5704#comment-9041 In reply to kitten.

You hit something there. I keep looking at my “urgent” list and think, “If I can get this done today, then the stress is off and I can start clean tomorrow with the next thing.” And then somehow today turns into tomorrow turns into next week and I’m still not done with it.

]]> By: kitten https://moriahjovan.com/talesofdunham/blog/scheduling-fun/#comment-9040 Wed, 07 May 2014 04:01:59 +0000 http://moriahjovan.com/mojo/?p=5704#comment-9040 I totally understand. I have less than 2 months left at my job and I am writing documentation, making lists, tying up loose ends, dealing with day to day crap…nothing gets done because there is an endless stream of interruptions…it’s hard and it sucks…just remember that we can get through it one day at a time…and hope that the light at the end of the tunnel isn’t an oncoming train. Wile E. Coyote really is the patron saint of the attentionally deficit.

]]> By: Moriah https://moriahjovan.com/talesofdunham/blog/scheduling-fun/#comment-9039 Wed, 07 May 2014 03:23:32 +0000 http://moriahjovan.com/mojo/?p=5704#comment-9039 In reply to christineplouvier.

stop writing “to do” lists. Write “I did” lists.

I do both, but right now my head feels like the little scribbles in the thought bubbles over Charlie Brown’s head. I need lists to maintain some semblance of order in my mess of a mind, but they overwhelm me. And I find that my “dun-did” lists are full of small, ephemeral things that really weren’t that important.

For instance, yesterday, I spent all day on household business. ALL. DAY. Today, I spent half the day. And you know what? I don’t feel like I accomplished ANYTHING. It’s like doing dishes. You can do them, have a beautiful, clean kitchen, but you gotta do it again in a few hours. It never ends.

]]> By: christineplouvier https://moriahjovan.com/talesofdunham/blog/scheduling-fun/#comment-9038 Fri, 02 May 2014 05:28:46 +0000 http://moriahjovan.com/mojo/?p=5704#comment-9038 Fun is where you find it. Sometimes it means laughing like the village idiot. Mostly it’s just being in “flow” (see Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Now there’s a name that would make heavy demands on one’s sense of humor.) So, I wouldn’t worry about it. (I know it’s not helpful to say that. Sorry.) What I would worry about is the guilt over “productivity.” Ask your doctor about acetaminophen for existential angst. Embrace procrastination – don’t try to eliminate it, just manage it (I use green, yellow and red zones). Drink at least one cup of cocoa every day, and stop writing “to do” lists. Write “I did” lists. Lather, rinse, and repeat until you can stop beating yourself up. Then you might start recognizing “fun” again.

]]> By: kitten https://moriahjovan.com/talesofdunham/blog/scheduling-fun/#comment-9037 Sun, 27 Apr 2014 08:40:29 +0000 http://moriahjovan.com/mojo/?p=5704#comment-9037 I’m not sure I know the answer to that, but theoretically I can suggest practicing mindfulness exercises. That’s what people keep telling me to do. So far it hasn’t worked, but I’m pretty lazy and sloppy. “Be here now” is maybe a mantra to ponder.

*hugs and blessings*

]]> By: Dude https://moriahjovan.com/talesofdunham/blog/scheduling-fun/#comment-9036 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 13:57:46 +0000 http://moriahjovan.com/mojo/?p=5704#comment-9036 Dude loves going out with you, too. Yes it is fun.

]]> By: katje https://moriahjovan.com/talesofdunham/blog/scheduling-fun/#comment-9035 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 16:16:15 +0000 http://moriahjovan.com/mojo/?p=5704#comment-9035 I’m sorry I don’t really have the answer to that either. I guess I’ll sit with you in the corner and wait for enlightenment. Pun intended.

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