I don't have issues with school and work because I can't manage either, so I have more freedom to pick my own tasks than most people but what I do is fairly similar to what recessional posted.
I have three types of things on my "to do" list:
Things that have to be done on a certain date. School example: sitting an exam.
Things that have a final "must be done by" date but can be done at my own pace as long as they're finished on that date. School example: An assignment.
Things that have no date requirement, they're just things I want to do. Currently one of these is "read all the posts and comments in no_pity" for example. If it never gets done there's no problem, but I really want to do it.
I make sure that I know which item is which type, at least in my head. Writing a letter to my Nana is something I do regularly but there's no specific penalty if I don't do it so it's a type 3, whereas writing to the electricity company about my repayments of the bill is definitely a type 2!
Then the trick is that I don't take on type 1 and 2 jobs unless they could be accomplished at my worst health status or they're things that I could re-negotiate or delegate to somebody else if I had to.
As I said, I've got no school or work commitments which helps a lot because "worst health status" for me means no functioning at all and not accomplishing anything except survival. So I try to make all my commitments type 3 commitments - ones that can be done when I can manage them but can also be put off if I can't manage them. So what do I do? Well I look after this community and dw_accessibility, I run other non-DW blogs, I design T-shirts for No Pity City ... they're all things that will be OK if I suddenly have to spend a month being partially or totally non-functional (compared to my "average").
And, actually, I have just spent about 6 weeks being non-functional most of the time so if you take a look at ATMac there's a message there saying "no new posts for a while!" and I've just been doing 5 minute bits and pieces when I can manage them. And the world has failed to end, so I guess I've done an OK job :)
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Date: 2009-05-25 11:03 am (UTC)I have three types of things on my "to do" list:
I make sure that I know which item is which type, at least in my head. Writing a letter to my Nana is something I do regularly but there's no specific penalty if I don't do it so it's a type 3, whereas writing to the electricity company about my repayments of the bill is definitely a type 2!
Then the trick is that I don't take on type 1 and 2 jobs unless they could be accomplished at my worst health status or they're things that I could re-negotiate or delegate to somebody else if I had to.
As I said, I've got no school or work commitments which helps a lot because "worst health status" for me means no functioning at all and not accomplishing anything except survival. So I try to make all my commitments type 3 commitments - ones that can be done when I can manage them but can also be put off if I can't manage them. So what do I do? Well I look after this community and
And, actually, I have just spent about 6 weeks being non-functional most of the time so if you take a look at ATMac there's a message there saying "no new posts for a while!" and I've just been doing 5 minute bits and pieces when I can manage them. And the world has failed to end, so I guess I've done an OK job :)