Survey #289—Full Response from Celina
| Describe a day on which you were busy, but you still felt as if you didn’t accomplish what mattered most. | Most days during the last semester where I worked on average 60hrs per week + plus some extra office work. So it's was just work work work. Dirty dishes waiting for a week, landry rotting in the washing machine because i fell asleep before I coudl hang it, etc etc. Ridiculous. But I'm doing it only just now to ear a few extra downpayments on my loan. |
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| What challenges keep you from getting things done? | Being overworked, simply. |
| Describe a project on which you struggled to start—or to finish. | some art stuff and reading books. Once I've already got a little free time, I feel just tired and sleepy |
| What tools for managing your activities (calendar, task manager, etc.) are the most or least helpful to you? | i'm a visual & adhd, so off my eyes, off my heart. I used to do reminders on my phone, sticky notes, then a calendar. I've learnt that a regular paper/book calendar does NOT have to be used consistently throughout the year, it's just a tool that has to be helpful and not a means of guilttripping. So when I have some busy weeks with lots of dates I cannot miss (exams, etc.) I keep it. Then I put it aside until I have the next busier week or a couple 🙂 If there's something super important like e.g. a meeting or an appointment, I just put an alarm in my phone. Also, sticky notes work if I have several smaller tasks surrounding one event/day e.g. 'send email/wash hair/take powerbank/print tickets' when going on a trip + concert, etc. WHen I need to take something with me, I put it by the front door. Etc etc. |
| Please complete the following statement: “I never seem to have enough time for _____.” | crafts and sleep |
| Our guest for the January 13 webcast is Karen Baker, a productivity consultant and professional organizer. What question would you like us to ask Karen during the live webcast? | If I hate mess and stuff everywhere, or even open/no-lid boxes as they collect dust, but I also cannot remember most things or where they are unless on sight, then how can I help myself navigate between avoiding visual clutter and remembering to do some stuff? |
| Here’s your chance to ask Gayle and Ed any question you’re curious about. It need not be related to this survey’s topic(s). If we think that your question—and our answer—might be useful or instructive to The Clutter Fairy Weekly audience, we’ll share them in an upcoming episode. | I just wanted to share that recently I went to my mum and I picked 4 of my boxes that I had beed storing in her attic (still 4 more to go). I've already looked through all of them and some of their content ended up on my bookshelf (rightfully so), some will go to donation and some I just trashed. I'm so happy! |
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