40 Productive Days: #33 - Staying Really Freaking Inspired
Tumblr wasn’t workin’ for meh last night, so this is yesterday’s post.
In order to achieve the best possible outcome for myself, I have to be brutally motivated to keep going. My soul is a snotty bitch. I have to keep her happy and fruitful; interestingly, she likes to make tall orders. She’s picky. She’s demanding. She’s the perfect boss because she knows exactly how to have her cake and eat it too.
This is what she loves about this challenge. She likes being proud of the accomplishments—of staying focused for a long run (for me), of going public, of the better contributions, of the small changes she can sense but most people can’t see. She is already optimistic for the future; she is already demanding more. She’s pleased to see how much less stressed I am.
These are two things she told me to ax. She ice-queened them.
- The two planner system. I have a daily and monthly planner. The daily planner is going to become a daily diary—but the important stuff, like keeping track of assignments and appointments, is going to stay in the weekly/monthly planner. Basically, I just want one planner. (The daily diary will be twitter-esque: short, just the essentials, maybe a food log, and other useful data I’d want.) Also, I have 3 notecards: Today, Tomorrow, Next 3 Days. Such a better system for an easily distracted chica.
- How my room was arranged. Space management, desk management. She didn’t like the setup and therefore she refused to use it. Instead, she pushed for better and more efficient systems. I didn’t know this about myself. I thought when my desire to be organized stemmed directly from wanting control and simply needing it. But it turns out, efficiency is not only useful, but I realized that it is also very pretty. And I’m a collector of pretty things.
She’s still inspired by this newfound productiveness. She’s still critical because I have much more to go before I have mastered this productivity thing. She’s still raring to go go go GO.
I’m deeply grateful for how this is changing what I am capable of. We’re looking forward to more. We can’t wait until we reach “less is more”.
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