Goal 26: What Are You Putting Off?
Part of the 30 Goals Challenge Series
I woke up today and began the dauntng task of organizing my email. I have many projects, therefore,
keeping my emails in their separate folders keeps me more organized with these projects. However, I
ofen berate myself for putng these things of tll they are overwhelming. I could have easily just put
the email in the folder when I frst read it. However, we ofen get so busy we put of some tasks tll
they build up and becoming overwhelming chores. In my case it is usually some type of cleaning or
organizaton task. The apps on my Iphone should be organized. I should transfer the music in the Ipod
I never use anymore over to my Iphone. I know I cannot possibly accomplish everything but I do want
to be more organized. Organizaton saves tme. Moreover, I want to be able to have peace of mind
that I accomplished these tasks. Additonally, some of these tasks include having a nicer looking
desktop or cleaner work area. This could help me when I experience a mental block due to seeing a
mess. Some of these tasks would even help me accomplish other tasks more quickly. Therefore, I
completed my short-term goal of accomplishing one of these tasks today. My long-term goal is to
erase enough of these on my to-do list. Here are some tricks I have read about, perhaps they will help
you:
• A To-do Jar- Write your lefover tasks on a small sheet of paper and throw it in the jar. Set aside
tme an hour every week to accomplishing one of these tasks. When you have free tme, you
could also pull out one of the tasks to accomplish. In this way, the task becomes a bit of an
adventure, because you never know what you’ll put out of the jar.
• Trade- This works best if you have children, a spouse, or friends you are doing favors for.
Instead of just helping someone when you do not have the tme, why don’t you see what they
can help you with? Many tmes people feel so grateful to help someone who is helping them.
• Make it a Student Project- Some of your tasks may be great lessons for your students. Sortng,
evaluatng, and analyzing are higher-order skills students can learn from doing a variety of
tasks we do everyday. Moreover, students learn about the real life applicaton of their
classroom learning.
• Outsource- Companies frequently hire others to do some of their tasks. You may know some
children around the neighborhood needing to raise funds for a charity. In local newspapers or
church bulletns you may fnd people who need funds in this economy and would love for you
to outsource your work to them. You can feel good about helping others.
Challenge:
What small task have you put of that you could complete?
Don’t forget to leave a comment that you accomplished this goal using the hashtag #30Goals!
How do you manage your to-do list?
I woke up today and began the dauntng task of organizing my email. I have many projects, therefore,
keeping my emails in their separate folders keeps me more organized with these projects. However, I
ofen berate myself for putng these things of tll they are overwhelming. I could have easily just put
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