Shut Off the "Spin Cycle:" 5 Steps for Getting Your Act Together
If you feel like you're being pulled in different directions or constantly spinning in circles, here’s how to stay the course — and start crossing items off your to-do list.
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I like this method of prioritizing one’s daily “to-do” actions. The trouble I have is not so much in getting done the “musts” or even some of the “oughts” in a day’s time. It’s that, with my brain, being “Interest” driven, rather than “oughts” driven, I not only feel fatigued by a day of just doing the “musts and oughts”, but I have an almost unbearable craving for some of the “wants”. And “wants” include doing ANYTHING that “interests” me, rather than “shoulds” me.
A day spent doing only “musts” and “oughts” feels like a day when I’ve missed something that I NEED. To counteract this inner craving, I often stay up very, very late–doing something that actually INTERESTS me, that saisfies my mental craving.
While I will “celebrate” and feel happy that I’ve accomplished my “musts and oughts”, I don’t ever (will probably not ever) feel much REAL pleasure in DOING them. So, it’s like “When will this feel good to me?”