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[phineasjones]

what do you do when there's so much you need to do that you can't even figure out where to start?

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[scottxwl.livejournal.com]

I do one of three things:

1) go to bed.
2) get drunk
3) watch a movie

[antheia.livejournal.com]

I like the way you think.

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

in that order?

[scottxwl.livejournal.com]

nono, see, I do ONE of those three things, therefore an order is not necessary.

[antheia.livejournal.com]

Call my boss? ::smirk::

Honestly? I write a list. Then I can look at everything and work out where I prioritize everything. And then, sometimes, rewrite the list based on the priorities.

Or, sometimes, I just decide to do nothing at all. Which is, yanno, not the best idea ever.

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

yeah. nothing at all is so the easiest option though. well nothing in the form of fucking around on lj or whatever. but i'm working on the list. the list, the list.

[musesfool.livejournal.com]

Make a list.

Call my mother.

go back to bed.

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

aw. that's really kind of sweet.

[musesfool.livejournal.com]

Heh. I'm a big baby. I always want my mommy when things go wrong.

[penknife.livejournal.com]

Read LiveJournal.

What, you mean productive things?

Make a list of what I have to do and when it has to be done. If there are things that have to get done today, do them first. Otherwise, just pick something and do it.

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

yes. wise suggestion. ::reads ljlists::

[jjtaylor.livejournal.com]

I make a list, put on a pot of tea, and then end up doing something like writing Trinity/Niobe before I actually get to anything on the list. But then I feel a whole lot less overwhelmed, because I allowed myself something fun first.

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

i liked this idea. but my variation was to go for a bike ride, make a fun lunch and then make my list. and i still haven't done anything from the list but at least it's on paper.

[camillafarfalla.livejournal.com]

listy list. and then just pick something on it and do that. usually the thing that's easiest and requires the least complicated thought so as not to get immersed in a quagmire of the first thing I try to do.

or I constantly refresh lj for an hour and read bad fic, but that's the less helpful - if more often employed - method. *g*

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

quagmire. ::giggles::

list list list

[quercum.livejournal.com]

Make a list...check things off when you do them...it actually increases you endorphin levels

Re: list list list

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

heh. i'd believe that. i have started my list-making. hopefully will check some off soon. i could use the rush.

[wakinghour.livejournal.com]

I take a nap. When I wake up, whatever hasn't blown up is what I do last.

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

a nap would be nice. but if i tried to nap when i was feeling like this, my stressed out thoughts would take over and probably eat me alive. i think i perhaps am a but neurotic.