Comments on: Inspiration Points: S’Wonderful…

By: Kelly Erickson

Kelly Erickson — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:40:25 +0000

Friar,

Float away. It balances out the plan-fanatics.

Alex,

Plan like crazy then… make up your own mind? *gasp* The list doesn’t make up your mind for you?

Wow, cool idea. I’m gonna have to think on that one…

Panther,

On that last point you are not alone. If I don’t get to writing my list until mid-day, I still write the things I got done earlier on it and cross them off. It’s cheesy, but it feels good!

Steph,

When you said that’s your problem, I was afraid you were referring to Brett’s comment about Intuit sleeping and eating habits. LOL! Then I read a little further.

I don’t know if I can recommend “in spite of yourself” as a strategy, but Friar may be able to.

Later,

Kelly

By: Friar

Friar — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:30:46 +0000

@Brett I dont' know who was more insane...the Inuit who lived up north, or the natives who lived in Death Valley (where it's stinking hot and it basically looks like a moonscape). They ate bugs to help them survive. Friar’s last blog post...Mooning Around with Perfesser Friar

By: steph

steph — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:55:21 +0000

Unfortunately, for a while now I've been in instant gratification mode. Anything that gets done is in spite of myself. steph’s last blog post...What I Know for Sure, No. 2

By: steph

steph — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:54:26 +0000

Aha. So that's my problem. I don't plan! steph’s last blog post...What I Know for Sure, No. 2

By: Brett Legree

Brett Legree — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:14:56 +0000

(The Inuit were also insane - I mean, come on, look where they *lived*... I think I'd rather have been persecuted in my homeland than "escape" to frozen hell, live in a snow house and eat whale blubber.) Brett Legree’s last blog post...summer’s end.

By: Friar

Friar — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:04:43 +0000

The Inuit had a schedule: Eat when you’re hungry. Sleep when you’re tired.

That works for me.

By: Urban Panther

Urban Panther — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:44:20 +0000

I am such a list person! And like you, it doesn't bother me if I am not able to cross everything off the list. I carry it forward, or I decide it wasn't that important after all, and remove it. Lists take the pressure off of me deciding what to do next. Complete a task, cross it off (boy that feels good), pick another task, carry on. And when I am truly procrastinating, I actually write the list with tasks I have already completed, just so I can immediately cross items off and feel good. (Okay, maybe that's taking lists just a little too far) Urban Panther’s last blog post...My Cat the ATV

By: Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome

Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:05:34 +0000

I plan like crazy then do exactly what I feel like anyway. The plan is there to remind me what I want/need to get done and then I choose from the list. Of course the days I get it all done I have a little party in my head but I don't beat myself up days don't get the list done. Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome’s last blog post...Improvising Life: Do You Play Along?

By: Friar

Friar — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:13:45 +0000

@Kelly

(I agree…the Go-Getters and Life-Coach-Wannabees will have KITTENS if they heard what I just admitted!) But I know I can trust you to keep this a secret!

Sometimes, you need to go into “Meh” Mode, as a matter of self-preservation.

(…floatin’ down the stream, boss. Floatin’ HARD! )

Friar’s last blog post…Travels with the Bear: Watching Germans Fight

By: Kelly Erickson

Kelly Erickson — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:13:52 +0000

*picturing a person nicknamed “friar” with gossamer wings*

Friar,

Shh, don’t tell the go-getters, myself (when I can keep up) among them… if meh gets you through, in the environment you work in, then so be it. Float along. Meh.

Why stress? Productivity that moves goals along is one thing. Faux-productivity that moves the pawns on the chessboard is supreme ICK.

Until later,

Kelly