Comments on: Projects and progress

By: Ingrid

Ingrid — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 09:51:31 +0000

I use Fancyhands to deal with a lot of these tasks. Sure it is in many ways crazily decadent to pay someone a couple of dollars to call & make an appointment when I could do it myself. But I hate making phone calls like that & I can email them the request at 2am. It’s a great way to get rid of little nagging jobs.

By: Louisa

Louisa — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 01:05:39 +0000

Powder room? It sounds so delicate and Edwardian, not your usual style.

By: ARC

ARC — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 17:48:33 +0000

Baby books are on my nagging project list, partially because I bought them before I started scrapbooking, and started writing in them, but now am no longer inspired by the “fill-in” format. But really, I just need to get them done and move on to projects I find more inspiring.

By: Lily

Lily — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 17:38:45 +0000

I’ve found your tip about timing unpleasant tasks so that you’re realistic about how long they take and they weigh on you less really useful. Being more aware and realistic about timing is also good for positive tasks – I used to feel bad about spending too long chatting with friends and coworkers I bumped into on campus until I realised how little it took out of my day, and how much happier it made me.

By: lauravanderkam

lauravanderkam — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 15:39:52 +0000

In reply to Sarah K.

@Sarah – maybe designate a 10-minute spot per day for those things? You’d get some stuff done, not everything, but some – and that’s enough to make progress. And then it wouldn’t have to wear on you at other times…

By: lauravanderkam

lauravanderkam — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 15:39:09 +0000

In reply to Katherine.

@Katherine – what aspect – downloading? printing? organizing? I’m generally feeling like if I get 2 photo books a year all’s good – I’ll mostly have documentation of the year.

By: Sarah K

Sarah K — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 14:01:58 +0000

For me, it seems like it’s the stupid little things that just never get done. Replace the light bulb, take the recycling to the garage and sort it. That kind of thing. I know I should just do it when I notice it, but I don’t and then it just wears on me.

By: Katherine

Katherine — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 01:24:33 +0000

Digital photos. Always nagging at me.

By: Etoile

Etoile — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 21:09:42 +0000

In reply to lauravanderkam. I'm an optimistic person, so I'll give it a try. It's worth actually getting the tasks done!

By: lauravanderkam

lauravanderkam — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 16:53:41 +0000

In reply to Etoile.

@Etoile – for me, making the list gets it out of my head, where I might stew about it. If it’s on a list, and then there’s a scheduled time for it, I feel a lot more relaxed. But probably people with different personalities feel differently about this!