Such a crazy day today, and my brain is overflowing. Like tollway by my little village undergoing construction for more lanes, I need more neural pathways to keep track of everything.
I am normally a focused thinker. I wish I could take credit for it, but like my low cholesterol, we can probably attribute this to genetics or good parenting in childhood.
Today was a different story. While juggling house guests, a photo organizing job, a list of things to do that was as long as my arm (and I’m the sort of person whose wrists hang out of my “long” sleeves) and a bunch of errands for my Beloved, I was keeping my eye on my virtual connections because my book was featured in the daily newspaper nearest my hometown. Thanks to that exposure, “The Percussionist’s Wife” climbed to No. 72 among Kindle’s Memoirs & Biographies about Women (No. 1 in that category? Julie Andrews’ “Home: A Memoir of My Early Years”).
Arcane minutia? Maybe, but it’s exciting stuff for a first-time author.
That’s all front burner stuff. Meanwhile, in the background, I’m sorting through ideas for my second book. More on that later. Much later. Can’t concentrate right now. Trying to build back-burner neural pathways.
How to get it all done?
Must stay focused, must stay focused, must stay focused.
That’s my first tip: Mantras. Several times today, I forced myself to remember the next three things to do by chanting them: Finish invoice, feed dog, load of laundry …
(Talk about minutia.)
Tip No. 2: Lists. I actually wrote down my to-do list three times today.
Can’t forget. Can’t forget. Can’t forget.
And No. 3: Run. I was taking steps two at a time more than once today. And the lawn never got mowed so fast.
Be mindful, be mindful, be mindful.
Plus, you wrote a blog post!