The last week or so in SoCal I was telling Kaitlin that I knew I’d have a tough time getting back home. Not that I wanted to stay, I was ready to get back, but because I knew how much I’d deferred and stacked on my plate for when we returned.
We have the McCarty House rehab that I desperately need to check in on. Not just over the phone, but in person.
I have a Board of Review hearing for my property tax assessment appeals.
We’re closing on a land bank property on Friday.
I need to get one of our houses rented that we weren’t able to find a tenant for before we left.
And I still have work to attend to, personal taxes to knock out, and dealing with adjusting to life with kids stuck at home and social distancing in general. The list goes on and on.
It’s a lot.
When things pile up like this I tend to get overwhelmed. When I get overwhelmed I tend to freeze.
I think it’s because the large number of tasks seem insurmountable and I don’t know where to start. I’ve found that making lists help, and I like Wunderlist for that.
I’ve never been good at organization. I’ve tried bullet journaling, Evernote, a calendar, etc. but nothing ever sticks. Wunderlist has stuck around, but I wish I could make it more of a daily habit rather than an outlet only for when I feel like I’m suffocating.
The other strategy is to obviously just take one day at a time, one thing at a time. Making the list helps me realize what that is, because I literally can’t think when I feel like this.
That “thing” happens to be the Board of Review hearing on Thursday. So I’m focusing time and energy preparing my materials to hopefully knock that out of the park.