I work full time, I have a part time freelance job, I volunteer, I am trying to write a book, and I blog. At least for me, the “getting it all done” is a battle, where I fight myself every step of the way.
I don’t consider myself to be a very motivated or driven person, but what I do know how to do, at the very least, is prioritize. Often, my priorities aren’t aligned with what will make me most happy, but rather with what needs to get done for work, and that means that certain things, like hobbies, writing, reading, crocheting, etc. fall by the wayside.
While I hate that, the things that need to get done have to get done on time. I work from home, and it’d be really easy for me to say, “I just don’t want to.” But the thing is, my coworkers suffer if I don’t get things done, and I suffer if I don’t get things done.
So when I say I do all of these things, what I mean is that I do them. I don’t do them well, or completely, or all on time, but they get done eventually.
Sometimes work takes priority, sometimes writing takes priority, sometimes, I just get overwhelmed and hide under the covers.
I am reading a book right now that is really helping we with “trying to do it all”(review coming soon!), but in the mean time, I want to crowd source this post. How do you get it all done? Let me know in a comment below.
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