I think it’s time to create a honey-do list for myself. I will post it on the refrigerator and look at it every day. I’ll make it in a format that allows me to add things as they come up and take things off as I finish them. Listing all that I do and all that still needs to be done should alleviate the challenge of trying to keep track of it all in my head. Seeing it all in front of me would allow me to prioritize tasks and make sure the things that matter most happen first.

I often put off doing things not because of procrastination as much as time limits. If I have 10 minutes free, I will try to get several little things done which leaves the bigger projects hanging. Finding open windows of time for the bigger things takes planning, and that doesn’t necessarily work when you are a CarePartner. I think that if I could have just 2 hours once a week to get those big things done, then I could let them go. Instead I get lots of things started and few finished.

The top of my honey-do list for today is to buy a white board that I can use for tasks. I will find a place to hang it and update it regularly. It will remind me of what I am accomplishing as well as what still needs to be done. Hopefully, it will lessen my anxiety as I work through the list or not as time allows.