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Counterproductive
Apr. 7th, 2012 04:53 pmAm I the only person who will deliberately arrange to have... not necessarily a completely empty day, but a day that's got some wiggle-room and free time in it, only to wind up so utterly overwhelmed by a combination of option paralysis and impending doom from the few things I do have to do that I absolutely fail to actually take advantage of said free time?
It's frustrating as heck. I make sure that I have enough time to complete my to-do list and still have a few hours to myself, so I can relax and not stress. And then I look at those hours and I wonder how best to use them. I could curl up and read a book. Or I could be a good do-bee and tidy up the house. Or I could just waste time playing silly games - but that's wasteful, I should be reading. Except I kind of want to play silly games. Or I could get off my lazy backside and put away last week's laundry. But this is supposed to be my relaxing-time. Oh, hey, TVTropes. HEY! Stop wasting time! This is your free time and you should be doing something with it! And are you *absolutely sure* you'll have enough time to make dessert for tonight's gathering, and go running, and take a shower, and still make it on time? Maybe you should go double-check the recipe, and run to the grocery store....
And so on, until the few hours I set aside have been frittered away and I have no idea how I actually spent them, except that I feel vaguely wasteful and not as relaxed and refreshed as I could hope.
There's got to be a better way to do this.
It's frustrating as heck. I make sure that I have enough time to complete my to-do list and still have a few hours to myself, so I can relax and not stress. And then I look at those hours and I wonder how best to use them. I could curl up and read a book. Or I could be a good do-bee and tidy up the house. Or I could just waste time playing silly games - but that's wasteful, I should be reading. Except I kind of want to play silly games. Or I could get off my lazy backside and put away last week's laundry. But this is supposed to be my relaxing-time. Oh, hey, TVTropes. HEY! Stop wasting time! This is your free time and you should be doing something with it! And are you *absolutely sure* you'll have enough time to make dessert for tonight's gathering, and go running, and take a shower, and still make it on time? Maybe you should go double-check the recipe, and run to the grocery store....
And so on, until the few hours I set aside have been frittered away and I have no idea how I actually spent them, except that I feel vaguely wasteful and not as relaxed and refreshed as I could hope.
There's got to be a better way to do this.
