Try a “Do Everything You Dread Day”

Yesterday, I decided to have a “Do Everything You Dread Day.” Simply put, I tackled those undesirable (but necessary) tasks one at a time until I got them all done. These are those items on your “To Do List” that pile up like this luggage I saw in an airport.

Do you ever feel like your “To Do List” looks like this?

I sorted through the stack of mail, papers, and items that had formed a mound on my art table. Here are a few other dreaded chores that I did:

Filed papers in my newly purchased secretary ($20 at the antique street fair in Cayucos).
Eliminated the laundry piles, so I could walk through the garage and get to my art supplies that are stored there
Organized the shed, so I could get to my stored floral supplies
Filled out and mailed the diagnostic benefit submission papers, so I could get some money back (and buy more art supplies)
Paid outstanding bills to silence their chortling in my brain
Cleared the house of clutter, so I could start the week without those feelings of being behind the eight ball

You get the picture. Now I’ve got room (both physically and mentally) for setting out my recent antique treasures to begin the mulling over stage of creation.

So if you’ve hit a creative roadblock, consider implementing a “Do Everything You Dread Day.” That’s right. Stop dragging out the process and dive right in until all of the items on your list are checked off and carried away. I guarantee new ideas will gain lift off if you lighten the load you are hauling around.

 

 

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