deadlines
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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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Back to Basics
Dear Conscience, the big deadline is behind me. With the relief from the deadline came turn for all the high hopes of this post-deadline period, when I “finally have the thing behind me, and the time and mindspace for everything else”. Disappointingly, and yet unsurprisingly, I went off track immediately. I spent the night mostly Continue reading
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Push Deadlines Before They Push You
Dear Conscience, I intend for a productive and focused day today. I’ve set up my environment, and I feel more at peace than yesterday. This is thanks to the fact that, when I was on the brink, I decided to call work client and postpone the deadline. It was fine. I’d have done it with 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
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 