So Much To Do!

You might think that retirement would mean empty time and not much to do.  But my first few days have revealed how much there is to do - accumulated over the past several years of being too busy.  The house is full of unfinished business - and now I have time to finish it.  Each day I do at least a little - of course I'm doing the easy things first, like shredding a pile of paper that had sat by the shredder for months - or moving a few boxes into the back room.  But it's a start, helping me internalize the amount of time to do each thing, so my expectations are better calibrated.  

Also helpful are breaking the bigger tasks down into smaller pieces, and being committed to finish things once they're begun.  I may try focusing for a week just on one room, and see how that works.

Wish me luck!