Getting My Head On Straight

I know I’ve said this before, but there is nothing more important than being organized. Lately, I’ve been so disorganized on a personal, professional, and creative level that I can plainly see the effect it’s having on my nerves and performance. I’m entering week three of the eye twitch.

Thankfully, my first course on the road to earning my writing certificate wraps up on June 13; the stars did not align prior to its start, so I didn’t complete any prep work ahead of time. You can imagine how this has made me curse myself more than once over the past 8 weeks.

I am vowing to not let this happen again. I hate scrambling at the last minute to get blog posts done, I hate being so behind reading everyone else’s posts, I hate being behind in basic life stuff, because I simply can’t fit it all in. But the courses comes first because I paid a lot of money to take them and I am too Type A to not get good grades when I have only one class to focus on. For the record, the blog is a very close second.

On the one hand, I had no idea what to expect before the start of this course. I kind of dived into continuing education head first without any knowledge. Now that I have an idea of how much work and time is required for the courses, I can better organize. And I will.

On the other hand, I’ve impressed myself with my dedication. I’ve finished all assignments and exercises well ahead of time because I know my schedule and what I’m capable of on any given day. I’ve excelled at planning ahead and parcelling out my time without expecting myself to sit at my desk for hours.

I’ve proven I can do the same with my writing when I’m not in school. I won’t get into the why’s of why I haven’t done so before. Because I don’t have an answer. One big difference I’ve been forced to acknowledge lately is that I never give myself a break with writing. I push myself until I’m completely burnt out and then I have no desire to get back to it. Despite how rewarding I find writing, it is an energy drain and recharging is required.

Moving forward, I need to parcel out my time similarly outside of courses. This means setting deadlines for myself, which I’ve been loath to do, but which I obviously desperately need to do.

June 14 I have to tackle the to do list I’ve started to handle all the things I’ve ignored since April. It’s longer than I thought it would be, but it is what it is. Once all of those tasks are crossed off, I can look at my big picture and start setting deadlines. I’m getting organized. I’m getting my head on straight.

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