Organization and Mindfulness
As I said last week, the year of the pig
really snuck up on. I found myself not
very prepared, neither physically nor mentally for my requirements. From a numbers perspective, not a very good
start to the year.
I often struggle with organizing and
tracking what I have to do and when I have to do it with most things, let alone
all of our requirements. I really need
to work on my mindfulness when it comes to this.
As I write, this seems eerily
familiar to a blog I wrote several years ago.
One method I have used to help me
accomplish daily tasks is developing routines, but as I have stated previously,
I am back to shift work, which has a tendency to disrupt certain daily
routines. The problem with routines are
they will always eventually be disrupted, because life happens. This is not
insurmountable, but again, I just need to be aware and mindful to preplan for
my days at work and to learn to be flexible on those days where the routine is
blown out of the water.
I have developed an automated spreadsheet
to help me track my numbers. It reminds of where I am and where I am supposed
to be. Now this in itself can be good or bad depending on your
perspective. Like I said, I am behind on
my numbers so every time I log in, it updates and reminds me with glaring red number
of how well I am NOT doing (from a numbers perspective). Well, at least my AOK are green.
Next step, I need find a mindfulness app to
remind me several times a day to reset and refocus. This will help significantly especially on work
days (to quote a colleague, “walking through the front doors is like storming
the beaches at Normandy”. Although Normandy
was before his time, he has definitely stormed a few beaches prior to coming to
EMS, so I’ll take his word for it).
There are several apps out there help take me out of the combat zone for
a few minutes each day, I just need to find the one that‘ll work for me.
So…
Am I where I want or need to be, two weeks
in? Nope.
Do I have a plan to get there? Yup.
Do I have the tools to assist my plan? Getting there.
Thanks for reading.
Mike
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