When life hands you multiple tasks to do at once, what do
you do? Do you run the other way? Do you put your nose to the grindstone and
just “get it over with”? Or maybe you lock yourself in a closet and have a good
cry (no judgment). We all handle stress differently, and this past week of my
life really had me thinking about the way in which I manage mine.
My life is not simple. I work 50 hours a week at my regular
job, do my coaching and other fitness training and meal planning with clients
on average another 30 hours during the week, get my daily workouts in (or I
would go insane), plus I am a full time graduate student. Life is anything but
boring…but at the same time it can get very boring as a social life is limited.
This past week I let the stress get the best of me. I just
freaked out, the brain went to a pile of mush, and rather than devising a plan
of how to ease the situation – I shut down.
I just shut down, ignored anything that I had to do and did what most
girls do best – I went shopping.
Now, here I am on a Sunday night when I could be relaxing
trying to make sure that everything I had neglected the past week gets done so
that I can start Monday fresh. Had I of just taken 10 minutes to organize my
days, this would not be the case and I could be kicking back watching a DVRed
episode of Real Housewives (so much better, right!?)
Here are my tips to prioritizing your tasks, and knocking
them out of the park:
Step 1: Write your shiz down. Anything you have to do during
the day, write it down. I even like to write down weekly tasks that I must
accomplish, and goals that I would like to achieve. I have a whiteboard in my
office where these go and very morning I make sure I look and consider “Where
am I with this?”
Step 2: Look for the ugliest, most boring one that you can
find. What one do you want to put off the most? Do that first. Get it over
with. It’s like a Band Aid…just rip it off.
Step 3: Physically cross things off of your list as you
complete them. Believe it or not, this act releases feel good chemicals in your
brain helping you to feel accomplished and a bit more excited about
accomplishing the rest of your tasks on your list.
Hope this helps! It sure would have helped me to stick with
my own advice last week, but you live and learn!
Want to see my life as it unfolds (along with all the craziness that goes along
with it?) follow me on Instagram @Nik4213
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