School - to stay or walk away

School 

One thing that required immediate evaluation - the 2 summer semester classes I signed up for. I had been keeping up with one, but had let the other one slide.

It was commit or walk away time.

I set myself a crazy goal of getting caught up this weekend.  If I could do it, the classes stayed.  If not, one had to go, meaning wasted money and losing ground on one of my goals.

I stayed focused and met the challenge.  Both classes stay.  It will be really hard over the next 5 weeks, but I've decided it must be done.

Too Many Toys In The Toy Box!

The toy box got too full.

As usually happens in my life, things get turned upside down.  It's almost never just one thing, but a quick series of things that turn clarity into chaos.  This time was no exception.  While all that happened is important, it isn't necessarily important to air out here.  What is important to note is it caused my focus to shatter, to stop and then to gain a bit of traction, but remain fragmented.  There were too many things requiring my attention.  Things were getting forgotten, lost, broken or tossed in a corner.

Time to decide what stays - what goes.

I started making a list...a LONG list.  It was a bit overwhelming.  I stopped making the list and instead asked myself, "What needs done NOW?"  I had some things that had been forgotten or pushed to the side that required some immediate attention.  I started there.  Putting out immediate fires has been my method of operation for the past few weeks.  I am in no way out of that "fire" situation, but have gained enough wiggle room to start deciding what stays in my box and what goes.

Evaluating

This is where I'm at now.  I will be evaluating EVERYTHING in my home and in my life.  It is time to get serious about SIMPLIFYING MY LIFE and deciding what stays and what goes.