Before I head off to Virgnia to spend the holiday with my husband's family, I just wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving to all my blog readers! I'm so thankful for each and every one of you that has subscribed over the past four years I've been blogging. It's been a great ride, and it's been wonderful to get to know so many of you! Especially the 400 plus of you that have joined me on Facebookwhere I post more often. I'm grateful for you too!
I'm also deeply and eternally thankful for the hundreds of women who have been a part of my Getting Unstuck program which
started in January 2008, and to the core group of nearly 45 women I now consider my "soul sisters", that have been subscribers since the beginning. Without you the group would not be the safe and inviting place it is. I love spending time online and on the phone with you!
Even for me, being part of this group of amazing women, has been powerful in so many ways.
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It's that time of year again! Are you ready for the holidays? Are you stressing out? This year more than ever for us, it's about keeping it simple, and making really thoughtful choices about how to spend money and how to give where it's really needed. Here's what we've decided.
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I spoke with Cecile, the producer of this new documentary series on Hoarding and Chronic Disorganization today. She is sending me the Pilot episode to review. But in the meantime, I wanted to start getting the word out in case you might like to participate on the show and get free therapy, organizing and clean up services. Here are some additional facts about the show:
1. They start filming in December and January - so act quickly if you are interested.
2. They are recruiting the top doctors, authors and researchers in the field to provide free counseling for participants.
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When I read books on time management and prioritizing, I find that many of them focus on Prioritizing defined as reviewing your TO DO list and deciding what is
A - most important and urgent
B - somewhat important but not urgent
C - least important and least urgent
But for many of us, distinguishing what is important among the many things we care about, is made incredibly difficult by the way our brains and emotions work. Emotions and brain chemicals greatly influence what seems important or urgent at any given moment. We can think of something that needs to be done in one moment and be incredibly energized by it. It truly seems in the moment like the most important thing on earth at the time.
So we either forget about everything else and act on that feeling immediately, or we put it on our to do list in hopes of "getting back to it later." Then, if you are at all like me, later comes around, I look at the item on my to do list, remember thinking it was so important, I but I can't for the life of me remember why!
Has this ever happened to you?
Personally, I have NEVER been able to look at a list of Action Items, systematically prioritize it with A's B's and C's and then follow it exactly without getting frustrated. And honestly, I have stopped trying to do that. And you know what?
Everything important gets done anyway.
Why? because there are many ways to prioritize and the ABC system (and the Covey System, David Allen's GTD, and the Julie Morganstern system) are only just a few of them! Furthermore, the ABC system is often NOT the best way for creatives and ADDers.
In fact, it is often one of the worst ways! Why? because.......
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