I Keep Forgetting...

why I turned on the computer (to write).
how to focus.
that I have other things that need to be done (laundry).
that routines can make all the difference.
that I need my spot to work and should be carving it out, dressing it up.
to line trash cans.
to get boxes out of the house and to the trash.
to clean the refrigerator.
that it’s cold outside (it wasn’t yesterday).
that I should be drinking water (but it’s too cold!!!)
that the laundry needs to be ushered from wash to dry, from dry to fold, from fold to people’s rooms; otherwise it just stalls out and multiplies.
that I can delegate.
that the day will slip away from me if I don’t use a timer.
I get more done when I close the day with a plan for the next.
That I need to get to bed at a consistent time, even if that is later than dh.
That I want to have several submissions in the mail on Friday and I’M MAKING NO PROGRESS on them.
To stick to the plan.
To finish doing the research on the piece that is essentially finished; it just needs a few statistics plugged in.
to run the dishwasher last thing at night and empty it first thing in the morning.
that just because it feels like I mopped the floors yesterday doesn’t mean it hasn’t been a week.  
the goal is to REDUCE:  clutter, fat, stress, obligations.
to stop relying on myself so much.
that there are a million thieves out there and they don’t want to steal my money (haven’t got much); they want to steal my time.
time is NOT money; it’s worth far more.
working out feels great.
the time it takes to eat right is worth it.
I may not have been paid to raise my kids, but it’s the most satisfying job I have ever known.