Swamped?
A. Swamped with what?
- Work
- Board exam reviewing
- Thoughts
- Trying to manage 1-3 in a noisy house full of children
- Doing default responsibilities like cleaning up after eating, crossing the street carefully
B. What to do?
- Work
- Make lists
- Prioritize
- Make new list
- Re-prioritize
- Actually do work according to a-d
- Consult with people
- Have breaks to chug numbing coffee, or the prescribed dose of water
- Speed-find things in a lot of folders
- Board exam reviewing
- Make lists
- Prioritize
- Read
- Solve
- Rest
- Nap
- Sleep
- Coma
- Wake up Nov 4 and proceed to testing venue
- Thoughts
- Un-think
- Re-think
- Think of ways to permanently un-think thoughts
- Un-think ways
- Re-think ways
- Sleep
- Trying to manage 1-3 in a noisy house full of children
- Let them do what they want if it silences them
- When noise levels escalate, bare teeth
- When it gets out of control, lecture
- If there is no time/energy for a-c, just make them sleep early
- Doing default responsibilities like cleaning up after eating, crossing the street carefully
- Think safety: you wanna live, don’t you?
- If not doing it will result in scolding/lecture, do it.
- Make mental lists
- Prioritize
C. How to prioritize: Consider resources
- Time
- Money
- Energy
- Kindness
- Politeness
D. Follow this order of reducing swamping stuff:
- Eliminate: if you can help it being not done, then don’t do it
- Substitute: free market, hello?
- Modify: if getting from A to B is difficult/time consuming, there’s a good chance you can do it another way
- Delegate: Be a “team player”
- Chop: step by step, ooh baby
- Beg: less is more
E. Conclusion
I’m too swamped to make one.
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