Enough, or Too Much?

I've recently been paying attention to what, and how much I get done, and what I don't.  My first conclusion is that I'm not nearly selective enough in what I allow myself to take on - either because I don't want to say "no," or because I underestimate how long a thing will take, or because I find too much interesting, or don't want to admit that I have limits.

But I clearly have limits, and there's no better way to be honest about how much I can do than to finish off each thing I start, and not create a pile of partially done projects.

I had modest aspirations for this evening, I thought - easy to accomplish.  I wanted to eat supper, create an invoice for some of my yoga teaching, watch a Daily Show episode with Pam, and write a blog post.  

I cleaned up the dishes after supper and started on the invoice, then realized I was a little behind on my yoga class recordkeeping so set to bring that up to date.  I took a break for the TV show, then completed the invoice and emailed it to Willow Street, and finally set about the blog post. It is 9:40, and I need to go to bed as tomorrow is the first of my two early mornings for the week.

So I finished what I wanted to, but it seems like not a lot for an entire evening.  Being honest about the time I have and what I can realistically accomplish, and then choosing wisely how I will spend that time doing the things that are truly most important, will help me accomplish more important things and have less stress in the process.  But it means I will have to do better at making the initial choices of what to take on and how much to commit to.