Focus

Today I woke up ready to get things done. I ended up driving here and there around town running errands and felt my focus slipping away. I did't get much accomplished that I originally thought of doing. My brain seemed to start "pinging" from one thought to another. I think I'm going to go back to my old system of writing "to do" lists. I want to sew, plane down a sticky drawer, plant some herbs, and rehang pictures. None of these things would take long, if I'm not distracted. A retired person once told me that she finds it easy to put off doing things until tomorrow because she always thinks that there will be time later. Then she sometimes forgets what she wanted to do or no longer cares about it. I think, perhaps, a middle ground would be good for me. I could work with focus on my lists in the morning, then have nothing planned for the rest of the day. There is benefit in both structured and unstructured time.

Larry would say I did accomplish quite a lot--I went to 2 grocery stores and got our shopping done for the week, cleaned house, did laundry, rearranged furniture, located and bought some special rum for Larry, played piano, and practiced yoga. The problem is that these weren't the things I wanted to get done when I woke up...