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In reply to the discussion: Does anyone have any pointers for staying on task while underemployed? [View all]XemaSab
(60,212 posts)17. There are Big Things to do in the yard
like dig out and plant the vegetable garden, but I usually wind up doing really half-assed small tasks like spending 20 minutes weeding a bed or something like that.
Ditto for cleaning. For example, if I really took the time to clean out and organize the cupboards in the kitchen, then cooking and putting groceries away would be a lot more efficient, but it's such a horror show that it never gets done. Now I'm all depressed at how lazy I am.
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Does anyone have any pointers for staying on task while underemployed? [View all]
XemaSab
May 2012
OP
I hand-write a list in the morning. Even the piddly, stupid stuff goes on it as well as the enoyable
riderinthestorm
May 2012
#1
My daughter just took a job 2000+ miles away. Even doing ALL of the moving herself, it cost @ $5k
riderinthestorm
May 2012
#8
McLean Virginia. She's looked at a couple places in Leesburg but I did forward your suggestion last
riderinthestorm
May 2012
#33
Ah, you have a private-sector writing fellowship. Next thing you know, they'll make
coalition_unwilling
May 2012
#27
Yeah, I've never quite gotten the hang of purely electronic revision. There's
coalition_unwilling
May 2012
#39
Tee-hee-hee. During a slow summer once, while at a very dull job working
coalition_unwilling
May 2012
#42
A written schedule, on-line classes, make lists and find satisfaction in striking when completed.
lonestarnot
May 2012
#41