To Do List

Like many of you, I'm sure, I have this huge to-do list in my head. It not only includes the day to day things, like make dinner or vacuum, but also longer-term things.

Like pick a paint color for the living room (to paint in August).
Pick tiles for the fireplace surround.
Buy felt and other supplies for Christmas crafts.
Work on thesis.

These things are always on my mind. And even though I know I need to do them eventually and that they are not pressing, and even though I know they are written down on a list and that the list has alloted time later to do them, they still manage to stress me out.

Why is that?

I think it's because I'm not a good time manager overall, and when I see myself failing to do the day to day things, I worry that these larger, and more important, things will somehow get lost.

I mean, I don't actually think about that concern, because it's obviously ridiculous. But I think that's the justification in my brain.

But, I did get some big things done this weekend. (While I avoided the small things, like cleaning off my desk...) I purchased felt for the tree skirt, so I'll be able to start that soon. And then I went to another craft store to pick up some other supplies and had a complete meltdown, which ended the crafty productivity.

But I came home and worked on my thesis for a while, so that was good. I wrote about 500 words and got some good reading and research done. Yay!

I think it's important to celebrate the little triumphs. That's what life is: little moments. Those little moments add up and make us who we are. And by celebrating the little moments, by realizing that I have good little moments, I hope that I'll be able to inspire myself to have more good little moments.