Comments on: Getting the Right Things Done (Part 2)

By: katieh

katieh — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:06:27 +0000

Tracy – thank you so much! that’s incredibly reassuring.

i’m trying to set things up now (both physically in my life, and in my head), to be as flexible as possible.

By: katieh

katieh — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:02:44 +0000

Lin – Yeah, I think you’re totally right. I’m trying to prepare for something i’ve never done before, and with the unpredictability of the fact that this baby is a person, with their own personality, and likes and dislikes.

which means there is only so much i can control.

i think the removing of distractions when you *have* to work is what i’m trying to sort out. :)

thanks. *hug*

By: katieh

katieh — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:56:52 +0000

Hi Rhian,

thank you. i’m glad it was helpful. i feel like working through the ideas, and making the changes i talked about having made a difference. i mean – it’s not like everything is perfect it’s taken me a week to reply to your comment, for example! – but i don’t feel like i’m drowning in as much information, and the space for actual work has got bigger. (now i just need to get better at using it!)

By: Tracy

Tracy — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:01:33 +0000

I can certainly sympathize with your situation–I’ve been through the same things, though in a different order. I started working from home after my sons were a little older (3 and 5). When my boys were born, I was working in an office–but I still had to struggle with trying to minimize the interruptions from coworkers and phone calls and emails. Now they’re a little older and I’m working from home, and I still struggle to get everything done I want to, but I’m definitely getting better at it!

It’s a natural thing to worry about how it’s all going to change once the baby comes, and to be concerned about how on earth you’ll get everything done. But somehow, you do. Once the baby comes and you learn about his/her personality and habits–and how your schedule and the baby’s interact–you’ll develop your own rhythm. You won’t get everything done–but you’ll learn what’s really essential and what can drop by the wayside. It won’t be easy at times, but you’ll find your path.

By: Lin

Lin — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:23:50 +0000

I think that after the baby comes things will kind of just happen as they will. I don’t think that you can plan until you know how the little one is!! I find that I have to have a routine … get up rush around as if I am getting ready for a normal job, make sure there is nothing to distract and work from a certain time to another. I am inherently lazy though and won’t work unless I really have too!!
Remember to take care of yourself too. x