Calm

Focus creates time.  Since implementing "the fewer things I try to do, the more I get done" less than two weeks ago, my work days have opened up.  As I left work today, my inbox was empty, and I had checked a couple of long overdue file cleanup projects off the list.  Instead of accumulating piles of partially finished projects, the list of accomplishments has grown steadily and my desk is clear.  I know the people who work for me appreciate it, because they aren't waiting for my review and approval.

The key change I made is to stick with tasks until they're done, choosing not to chase the frequent opportunities for distraction that, in the past, would have led me off into the swamp, and left the project unfinished.

I feel calm.  I don't have the accumulating stress from feeling there was more work than I could do, and from tasks that got buried and then resurfaced as last minute crises, and spending energy worrying about which thing I should work on while other things grew even more stale.  I arrive in the morning without a burden, and leave in the evening, satisfied with the day's work done.