Riot and Frolic

Maybe it's my new Zen from the yogas, but I've been trying to do One Thing lately.  Like, One Thing at a time until it's done.

ommmmmmmmg, this is not what I do, or look like

Tricky.

It's very easy to sit down at the computer to, say, write a blog post, and end up checking Facebook, and Twitter, and oh there's that Yelp review I wanted to write, and what the hell does "welcome" actually mean, and what's new on Pinterest, and on and on and on.  An hour later, naptime is waning and there is no blog post.  Dammit.

So's, I got my to-do list in front of me and it says "water the plants".  And I go and water them plants.  The ones on the porch, the ones in my room, the ones in the garden.  I don't stop to sweep up the mess under the table from lunch, I don't change the very full garbage bag.  I get those plants watered.  

And strangely, I get more crap done.  

Double bonus?  I'm prioritizing like a mo-fo.  Important things?  Check.  Stupid things?  NO CHECK!  It's like life is getting meaningful before my eyes.  Oo la la.  (On the negative side, this is also why it took me 3 weeks to get through the last two episodes of the Vampire Diaries and OMG they are amazing, but maybe not important.)

duh, i love both of them, too

I'm all for multi-tasking, but maybe it doesn't help get anything done faster.  And I feel less stress.  Yay!

Along the meaningful route, I'm making a list of Fun Things for the summer.  You know, those memory-making kind of events that'll make my kids forget that I'm usually just yelling at them to eat over the table and go to sleep and only remember that afternoon that we played in the sprinkler.  

i'd call it a bucket list, but that reminds me of this terrible-looking movie

What's your take?  Chronic multi-tasker?  Tunnel vision?  Have any killer summertime activities I must add to the list?  TELL ME!  I'll show you the list next week!

i loved you when you were 12. google: MMC

One year ago: it was Hot in Herre.