backlog
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Catch-up Mode Is Not a Good State of Being
Dear Conscience, I think a part of why it’s easy to keep falling off the rails when trying to get back on track after a crisis, is that, at least in my case, I am in somewhat of a panic mode trying to catch up with many things at once, that don’t together sum up Continue reading
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How to Get Ahead of Falling Behind?
Dear Conscience, I have a headache, but also a deadline. I am tired, but no time to sleep. Would a rest be beneficial enough to recover me so I can work better, or would it just leave me even less time to get things done? Yet again, it will probably be a deadline missed, with Continue reading
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Permanently Stuck in Backlog
Dear Conscience, I’m delayed on so many things, and all of them seem either burning, or at least weighing on me. So I try to get to a clean slate by clearing this backlog. But it never clears. New things pop up, and somehow this backlog grows more quickly than it shrinks, and I never Continue reading
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I’m Not Ready for Decluttering
Dear Conscience, I do live in a mess, I really do. And it does create obstacles in my daily life. But I realized that I have more urgent messes, and that decluttering needs a dedicated and at least semi-peaceful mind, at least in my case. While my pants are on fire from much more consequential Continue reading
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Travel Day
Dear Conscience, Today was for travel. We arrived with little energy left over for anything else. Tomorrow is Monday, it’s a day I reserve for Time. I have some pretty urgent backlog that I have to get out of the way. And make a plan for the rest of the stay. Maybe not the most Continue reading
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Life Happens
Dear Conscience, As you know, there was a plan (to declutter), and there was an opportunity (my daughter would spend the weekend at her grandparents). But then it all didn’t matter when life had different plans; my daughter got sick, and we spent the weekend (and more) going in and out of hospital. The important Continue reading
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Planning is Procrastinating. Sometimes.
Dear Conscience, I woke up feeling sick, and went back to sleep. That turned out to be a good decision, because the second time I woke up, I felt better. I continued taking the morning slowly, with the plan to get busy on those non-negotiable to-do’s in the afternoon. It is the afternoon, and I Continue reading
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Day Three of New Me
Dear Conscience, I’m checking in. This is day three, we might call it a streak 🙂 In practice, it’s semi-successful. I’ve implemented the phone rules to an extent enough that I did some bear minimum to-do’s which could absolutely not be postponed anymore. Did I make a dent in my backlog? Probably not. I also Continue reading
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Time May Be My Ultimate Nemesis
It flies and flies and doesn’t stop, no matter how much I need a break. It should be also my main motivator to act. But threat is not a good motivation for me, it’s just pressure. And I don’t handle pressure graciously. I need to find a friendlier perspective towards time. I know it helps Continue reading
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Getting Back on Track
Ok, today is the day of perseverance, so a good day to tackle some of the backlog, despite ongoing sleep deprivation. My focus is still on sleep, in a sense that it is non negotiable that I stick with my plan and routine to improve my daughter’s sleep. That currently makes my nights even more Continue reading
About Me
I got my first nickname when I was 4 years old. It was “bakitza”, which means ‘an old lady’. I’ve always been an old lady on the inside. And as I progress towards being an old lady on the outside too, I want to take control of this journey. To reach the full fledged bakitza level with a peace of mind I always associated with that life stage. I thought it would come on it’s own with age. But now I realize that I have to take control over the mess that my life currently is in order to be a thoroughly satisfied bakitza one day.
Becoming Bakitza 