I learned a long time ago that I write plans on my calendar but that doesn’t guarantee those plans will happen as I envisioned or at all. After finishing all the math projects, I planned to wrap up the other few pieces this week and be done with this six-month-long project. Priorities needed to be shifted this week. Mechanical issues. A vet visit (yearly maintenance, thankfully). Technology changes. Longer mornings meant shorter available time to work on the class materials before I met with clients. I could either feel horrible that I didn’t mark this off my list, or I can accept that everything is okay, and I still have time to finish this project.
I made a decision to put together the details for my web designer to upload things onto my website instead of waiting for my graphics person to finish the parts I’ve given her (she’s planning to attend an art show in March and needs to get all the things together). I completed the first step, but have yet to finish that email. Doing this will move me towards the finish line.
Instead of moving forward to complete one task, I found myself touching all the loose strings of things that aren’t done. As someone who prefers to finish tasks and check items off her to-do list, it has been a week of too many open doors, meaning not enough check marks on my calendar days.
I reflected on how this compares to having manuscripts unfinished. I can fret and have my state of mind impair anything else that I might need to do, or I can accept that I’m in a long pause. Priorities need to be temporarily shifted. Plans have been momentarily stalled. With other things taken care of now, I know I can move forward and finish this project.
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