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July 6, 2021

The Dreaded ‘To Do List’ Fuck it or Do it- The Choice has always been yours…

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Feeling Stuck, Overwhelmed, Out of Sorts and pressed for Time?

Well, much to my dismay/surprise you’re not alone. Truth is, through

many heart to heart talks with friends, family and colleagues, I’ve

come to discover… this seems the standard norm and where

where my world within currently resides.

Stuck in a perpetual loop of playing catch up with a to do list far

exceeding realistic expectations, feeling exhausted, overwhelmed

and always out of time.

Perhaps, there, lies the problem: the need/want to do more

both in my personal and professional aspirations/endeavors,

and finding myself continuously adding to the ‘to do list’ yet, rarely crossing off.

The question “Why?” Why make the list to begin with?

Is it a feeling of satisfaction in completing ‘said’ tasks or the very

real need to release overwhelming self projected goals?

For me, it’s both and still, the gratification is minimal, remaining

a mystery, a ritual partaken, inevitably, but most doubtfully

to self soothe…

Though, as I become more aware of myself, my limitations, my goals, and …

my achievements, from the triumphant to the mundane:

(a perspective only known to the participating list maker)

I can most assuredly say, without pause, the dreaded ‘to do list”

isn’t going anywhere soon; however, I’m learning, slowly, to feel okay with

the extra add on’s, and more importantly, with the ‘to do’s that remain…

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