I Suck At Being Productive

On Saturday, Karen and I had a rather productive day. In general, I suck at being productive.

For the past few months, I have felt somewhat overwhelmed. Karen gave birth to a beautiful baby girl (Briana) on St. Patrick's Day. As bizarre as this sounds, it almost seems like time speeds up when you become a parent of a newborn.

With the constant feedings every few hours and the lack of sleep that goes with it, there leaves very little time to do many other things. Before you know it, time has already passed by. All the chores you used to do are left undone leaving your house in total disarray. Making dinner seems like a thing of the past. You can forget about any home improvement projects. I still don't know how other parents are able to do it because I have yet to figure it out myself.

Saturday, however, may have offered a glimmer of hope. As a way of reminding ourselves of things that we need or should do, Karen and I sometimes create a "to-do" list. With all of the "to-do" lists that we have created, I have never seen one which had every item completely crossed off... that is... until Saturday.

Granted, we weren't shooting for the stars on our "to-do" list. In fact, we really did not have any general items on the list like we normally do. Instead, the checklist contained rather specific and achievable goals within the course of a single day. Watching item after item get crossed off made things seem less daunting.

By the end of the day, we had gotten so many things accomplished that it was nice. All the errands we had, we accomplished. The three home improvement tasks I had written were done. I know it seems like a no-brainer that a to-do list should contain small achievable goals, but just being able to cross off so many items on the list made me feel great. It's just a mental thing.