Help me finish up my tasks!
This thread is dedicated to me freaking out over all the things on my to-do list and goals. Any encouragement, help or making me do a sub-task is welcome!
General things:
- I'm not even halfway with my grandmas Christmas present tablecloth that I need to embroider
- Send the last chapter and epilogue notes for the beta reading thing
- General cleaning haunt
New year bingo´s still missing tasks:
( New year bingo youtube link for those who would like to get a little more context to the concept)
- Read the first 15 books from the Bible (on page 394 out of the planned 813, but not wanting to read too much at once as I like giving it a little time to sink in)
- Plan a day trip
- Clean up a specific mess pile (worked on it like 2x already but it's a sysiphian task)
- Knit or crochet something (I have a swether in progress)
- Finish my language learning app
- Learn a family recipe (sort of in progress but not fully done yet)
- Replace the blinds
- Complete 4 short or one long course (I Think I have like 2 out of 4 rn?)
- Learn a new chore (in progress, I know the theory but need to successfully do it in practice like 2 times or so)
- Go to confessions 5 times (I have 2, 1 will be before Christmas, still need to push 2 in)
- Try the laser hair remover we got like 2 years ago lol
- Get to page 300 in my polish learning book
- Participate in a Christmas gift donation
- Finish a sewing project
- Have a BBQ
- Wisdom tooth out (already scheduled for October)
- Participate in a church event (no events currently since it's vacation time)
- Finish an art project (no space rn, would need to clean up+ will be almost constantly at work till mid September due to school season)
- Savings goal (can't really do much about it except not buying crap and being smart with my money, but most likely won't be done because I set the bar very high on purpose)
Any help appreciated, will try to keep this updated 😊
@sadcat13
Wow Cattt, that’s quite the list hehe, you’re juggling so many meaningful and ambitious goals! First off, I just want to say that it’s amazing how much intention and care you’re putting into your time, whether it’s creating something for your grandma, learning new skills, or working on your personal and spiritual growth. And sharing your list here, seeking support in it, is a wonderful way to increase more accountability. That’s seriously inspiring! 💖
I also get how overwhelming it must be to juggle between so much to do and I hear the panic hehe. You're a go-getter and your determination can move mountains, not even exaggeratinggg xD so deep breaths okiee, you can do everything you set your mind to!
First off maybe it'll help to segregate between the high-priority tasks and set mini goals to get started on them?
After which the lower priority or the less time-consuming ones.
There's also this "Eat the frog" theory that really helps me at times hehe. It’s a funny name, but the idea is simple: start your day or week by tackling the hardest or most important task first, the one you’re most likely to procrastinate on. Once that’s done, everything else feels way more doable.
What do you think about picking one “frog” this week and just setting a small, doable goal toward it like 20 minutes of focused work or just one tiny subtask?
If you're into "reward systems", or words of affirmations work for you, you can also keep a check list for things you plan to do for the day and towards the end your summary on how it went. And we"ll be here to cheer you along the way ofcourseeeee! 🤗
@Sunisshiningandsoareyou awwww, thank you for your kind words, I appreciate it so much 😭😭😭😭😭😭
I tried using the priority exercise of making this urgent/important grid but my ADHD feels like everything is extremely important 😂 so that did not work out for me. And sadly, rewards don't work either, because whenever I do the I can do X once I'm done with Y, my brain just pops it's feet on the table and goes why? Why would you do it when you can just do Y now without doing the thing. So well. No rewards for me sadly.
Yessss, we should probably set a mini goal or frog for the week. It's just a little hard to decide what should the goal be, as when I try to set it, I run into the same problem of I wanna do this and this and this too. But I should also probably do this. I will have one more free day this week, and all the rest it work. So can't really overset myself. Do you have any mini goal for me to help me get started?
@sadcat13 I'll be your cheer you on coach 😁
Do it, do it now, go cat go, you can do it, faster, better, go to go, come on you dum -dum you can do it😁
@Tinywhisper11 don't forget to throw a tomato at me if you see me wasting time on my phone 😂
@sadcat13 ok💖
@Tinywhisper11 ❤️❤️❤️🍅❤️❤️
I see you on your phone right now… ;)
@jesusredeemedme2425
Managed to chew through one lecture on interrogation tactics today, leaving only one course left for that point
@sadcat13 woohooo! You did it😁😁
*throws tomorrow at you* 🍅🍅🌵🌵🍅🍅🍅🌵🍅🍅
@Tinywhisper11 haha, I see I am getting a *** of motivation 😂
@sadcat13 😁😁
@sadcat13
Yay!
You've got this!
@jesusredeemedme2425 here, you can throw tomatoes at me too 😂
@sadcat13 nah just some more cheering you on😇
Do it, do it now, what are you waiting for?? Move it poop head, no time to waste, faster fassssterrrrrr
@Tinywhisper11 yes madam 😂 I will get to the beta reading notes as soon as I had some dinner 😁
Hmmm, I’m out of tomatoes. Are grapes ok? ;)
@jesusredeemedme2425 absolutely 😁 if you don't mind me eating them 😂
@sadcat13 eat faster, no time to let it cool down, faster faster I say
@Tinywhisper11 I will eat them so fast I will win an Olympic medal 😁
@sadcat13 😂😂😂😂
I’m afraid to ask why your grapes are heated XD
@jesusredeemedme2425
🤣
@sadcat13
She has a great aim 😂
@Amanda84
Tell me about this mess pile. I’m really good with stuff like this… I Can help you out <3
@jesusredeemedme2425 oooo. Awesome. It would be appreciated. I suck at cleanup. Basically. We have a huge pile of things under our ironing board. It's stuff that is basically solve it later. And it never happened to be solved. It has some plastic bags with clothes (I think donation bag and socks that need to be paired up?), some general "noones stuff" or things without a place, I think there are some dvds too, things that fall from the board, I genuinely don't even remember all that is there. Problem is it is in my parents room (2 rooms home, 4 people, no storage space at all) I was almost done with it once, just for other things to be put there. But I'm determined to get it cleaned.
@sadcat13 either hire some help, or move home it's easier
@Tinywhisper11 well. My parents don't even let us have people over. Not even hired help. And we can't really move, as it would mean having to pick up a mortgage when in reality, both me and my brother are on the verge of moving out within a few years. So it's like my parents would buy a huge home just for us to live there for 2 years and go do our own things in the world, leaving them with a big home to care for and a mortgage
@sadcat13 uh hu! Fair enough then you just need to....
Move it, work harder, you can do it, faster, faster you big booger
@Tinywhisper11 pretty much 😂😂😂😂
@sadcat13 😂😂😂😂😂🍅🍅🍅🌵🍅🍅🌵🍅🍅
@Tinywhisper11
😂
@jesusredeemedme2425 I have a day off on Friday, can we look into it? 🥺
Absolutely! <3
@jesusredeemedme2425 thank you! I'm leaving from work and waiting for your command 😁
It’s not Friday yet. Or is it????
@jesusredeemedme2425 it is here 😊
Oops. Which means it’s over or almost over there… I may have missed my opportunity. Do I get second chances? Hehe
I want you to grab a bunch of bags and just do a mass sort :) Things that belong to other people, things that you don’t have a clue about, books, papers, etc. Just go macro, not micro. Let me know when you’re done, and tell me the deets on what you discovered and what you got <3
@jesusredeemedme2425 that's okay, the fact we discussed and planned it means I had it saved on my today's to do list and got down to it anyway, so it still helped a lot.
I managed to put away a big chunk of things actually, but there are still
- bags of fabrics left that need to be cleaned.
- A bag of mismatched socks (I checked it yesterday and paired any pairs that were inside)
- A pile of things that needs to be shredded
- A donate bag
- Stuff that needs to be taken to a laundromat like big blankets that our machine is not big enough for
- Some DVDs I was extremely lazy to put away
- A box of CDs (?) that doesn't have a place
- A *** ton of cables like chargers from devices
Ok, so first…
How long have you had that bag of mismatched socks? If it’s been a long time, it’s time to toss it. You won’t find the mates, and they’re easily and cheaply replaceable <3
@jesusredeemedme2425 the problem is, it's a mix, as after each laundry load, we add the unmatched ones, sorting through it once in a while. So some socks are there for a week, some for a year. And noone knows which is which
You got some safety pins? ;)
@jesusredeemedme2425 nope 😭 not gen Z enough for that 😂 but I can buy some tomorrow when I'm at work
@sadcat13
Tag them all with dates.
Another option is baggies, which you may already have <3 Much easier too! <3
@jesusredeemedme2425 that's a good idea actually. But. We have a major unironed laundry pile problem. There may be some socks in those piles too.
First label. Then sort pile to pull all the socks out (socks don’t need ironing! Hehe). Then tomorrow, attack the ironing pile <3
@jesusredeemedme2425 sadly I would be at work the entire weekend haha, but I can attack it some other time 😁
This is your mission for your next day off. Report back here, soldier! salutes
@sadcat13 faster, faster, fassssterrrr I say, don't make me throw tomatoes
@Tinywhisper11
Haha, you always catch me in the act of doing absolutely nothing 😂
@sadcat13 😂😂😂😂😂
@Tinywhisper11 but hey, you made me do my polish exercise! One step closer to finish the language app point 😁
@sadcat13 yaaaaaay well done 💖 you get a present, some nice off socks😁 enjoy💖
@Tinywhisper11 thank youuuuu 😊❤️
@sadcat13 😂😂 looking good
@Tinywhisper11 also, did my daily Bible read I was procrastinating on to move towards finishing the first 15 books of the Bible goal. Your tomatoes are truly motivating 😂
@sadcat13 😂😂😂😂😂
🍅🍅🌵🍅🍅🍅🌵
@Tinywhisper11 yep. Your aim has me in fear 😂
What app is that?
@jesusredeemedme2425 drops. It's for language learning, focused on upgrading your vocabulary. I use it for Polish, and it is actually very fun. You get 5 mins every 10 hours, so your sessions are manageable and fun as they are done in a gamified way
Never used it; I use DuoLingo.
5 minutes every 10 hours? Wym?
@jesusredeemedme2425 it's basically a limit if you are a free user. You can buy premium for unlimited time, but if you choose to not pay, after each session, you have to wait minimum 10 hours before it lets you practice again.
I tried Duolingo too, but it gets a little overwhelming sometimes. So I combine this, duo and a polish learning book in ideal circumstances since drops is vocab based, the book explains grammar and Duolingo helps practice basic structures in sentences. But right now, I decided to finish up drops since I don't have that much left
@sadcat13
Sooo.... I Read your list for a couple days and was trying to come up with a good reply but I was too exhausted from reading your list.🤣.
But, Perhaps, you can leave some in the closet until you get some others ironed out and done. 😁.
My goal... reply to sadcat13... done. 👍 May you have the same success your GOAL... GOAL, one ata time. 😉
@IsayUncle 😂😂😂😂😂 I'm sorrryyyyy, didn't mean to suck your soul out 😭 At least I get to say that my to-do list is so full that other people get exhausted just hearing it 😂
But I'm glad you could unlock the achievement of ticking this goal off your list 😁 i will do my best to follow your example 😁😁😁
@sadcat13 👀👀 🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🌵🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅
@Tinywhisper11 you genuinely have a spy drone on me, always knowing when I'm idle 😂😂😂
I made the unfortunate mistake of mentioning to my brother that I want to clean today and I should clean out my comoda drawers. He took note and made me do it today. After hours of sorting, I am proud to say i did a major progress with the first drawer 😂
I managed to sort things out on donate, keep, throw piles as well as fix/clean/okay/put somewhere else piles. I didn't get to finding place for the put somewhere else piles for now and I would like to buy a better organiser tomorrow, but I definitely did a lot of decluttering and organising today (the drawer was a hair, jewellery, accessories and keepsakes mess, so it took ages). Stay tuned for updates!
Task updates:
- only 20 more units left in the language app
- on page 443 in my Bible read
- the mess pile got sorted and dealt with
Bingo unrelated goals:
- got to declutter my hair and accessories drawer and organising it neatly, using some new and more practical organizers instead of the two baskets I had before
@sadcat13
@IsayUncle thank you 😁 I'm going to rest today, with maybe just making some food 😊
@sadcat13
That sounds like a good plan. Making food and all involved can be very time consuming......
Unless it's.....
That's just plain, Cheat'in 🤣
Enjoy ur day!
@IsayUncle nahhh, no cheating here 😂 made fried courgette with potatoes 😁
@sadcat13
OOOOh my my my. Looks Sooo good.
@IsayUncle it´s basically just peeled zucchini. You cut it up. Coat in flour, eggs and breadcrumbs and fry it. And it is delicious
@sadcat13
where do the potatoes come in?
and btw, fancy pants, i call that "fried zuccini", which i also like very much. but that fancy name, really made my mouth water. 🤣😂😁😋
@IsayUncle Hey, let me have my fancy words, sir 🤣 the potatoes are the side dish 😂
@sadcat13
But, of course my dear, I would have it no other way. 💗
Be Grand and wonderful! 🤩
