Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes

Image by Pete Linforth from Pixabay

I read yet another article the other day about the importance of planning your day. We have all read them, haven’t we?

This particular one had nothing to do with all of those to-do lists. You know, the ones you hardly ever look at, let alone do any of the jobs.

I can’t usually find any of mine (I have them all over the place) and can’t remember the last time I crossed anything off any of them..

I was curious, so I kept reading. Apparently, if we decide to do just two things on any particular day and actually do them, we will feel an extraordinary wave of accomplishment. Something they say that will encourage us to repeat the process.

Well, my first try was an abject failure. I planned to do the chosen jobs after lunch, but not only was I dog-tired by then, my head was killing me, so I slunk off like the loser I am rapidly becoming these days.

Not to be defeated—I should get full marks for trying—I intended to try again the following day, only this time I will do these jobs first.

For most of my life, I have been encouraged to do the unpleasant stuff first, get them out of the way, and this has always worked well for me.

Not that our chosen jobs these days are unpleasant, like cleaning the oven. It just seems that way when we don’t get around to them.

Yesterday, I completed both jobs early in the day, and I felt great—pretty smug, too. When I manage to find my latest to-do list, its days are numbered!