It is so easy to get overwhelmed thinking about all that we have to do. I used to be in the habit of planning and making lists of all that I would need to do to accomplish a thing. Those lists sometimes got to be very long! Naturally, each morning as I looked over my to do list, I felt like I really had to get going. I had no time to relax! There was just soooooo much to get done.

While I wasn’t discouraged or totally overwhelmed, I was certainly feeling the need to rush all the time. That’s not a good thing.

Now, I make only a short list of must do items the night before. I like to make it short enough that I can easily get it done during the work day. I start with the most important and get it done. If I don’t get to something, that’s okay. I’ve used my time to do the one most important thing each day so I’m ahead! No more rushing and rushing.