I have just made a list, at DH's suggestion, of all of the things I need to do urgently or should have done already. It has 31 items on it. 31 things I am carrying around, worrying about, putting off, that are weighing me down.
That doesn't count the little acronym I made for myself - SWEFT. It stands for the following:
Shower - did you shower today or yesterday? If not, do it.
Work - when are you next working and do you need to do anything to prepare for that? If so plan when you will do it.
Exercise - did you exercise in the last 2 days, if not, do it.
Food - have you eaten in the last 6 hours? If not, eat.
Teeth - have you brushed your teeth in the last 12 hours? If not, do them.
Typically when I remember this acronym, all of them are required. Which means it's too overwhelming.
This is just the basics. I haven't included in my 29 things stuff that I would like to do, stuff that needs doing but not yet, or things that I maybe want to find out more about before I decide whether to do.
I can't remember to do anything, because when I get something new to remember, it just gets lost in the list of the other 30~ things I should have done yesterday. I don't have the time or capacity to plan anything fun or even just relax because I'm stressing about all of this. I can't focus on any one piece of info so when I try to think about anything I have to do (e.g. if I was trying to make a plan of action) I think "well I have nothing to do" because all of it at once is too much.
DH was really shocked at the SWEFT thing and said maybe I should speak to a doctor about not being able to remember that basic stuff. I haven't shown him my list of things I'm overdue doing, for the same reason I don't tell anybody these things - partly I forget that other people don't have giant, not even to-do lists but should-have-already-done lists (ie, I assume it's so normal it's not worth commenting on) and then when I remember it's not normal, it's just embarrassing.
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Does this sound like there is something wrong with me?
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BertieBotts · 19/08/2014 18:27
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