monday musings on taking away the shiny from the brain squirrels

Yesterday I had one of those "what the heck am I doing" moments ... you know that moment when you suddenly realize you have no idea what to tackle next because you're in the middle of too many things. And it's just too overwhelming to sort, so you do nothing or start something completely different because you can't decide. Yeah ... that!

Perfect example, crochet projects. This is just the immediate clump of projects -- there are three different creatures in progress in that pile. There's also a shawl and a blanket that are in bags tucked behind the couch. As well as a pretty impressive stash of yarn scraps that I'm turning into small blankets to take to an animal shelter. And I'd be remiss not to mention the bag of new yarn I bought to make the most adorable pair of socks that's on the floor next to the ottoman in the picture.

Then there's reading. I've started three tree books in the past couple of weeks (on top of the two I started several months ago and still haven't finished); I'm toggling between a couple of audio books because neither is grabbing my attention fully; and I've got two different e-books going (one for a contest and one because I was having a hard time getting into the contest book and oh look, I clicked on a different cover). 

And the decluttering effort which goes something like this: Start in one room, make a pile of things to get rid of, go to another room to get a bag for the things that need to be dumped from room one and get distracted with something in that room.

Oh, oh ... browser tabs!!!!! Holy cow, how many browser tabs can one person open!!! 

I've turned into a seriously over-caffeinated squirrel.  

I'm going to try an experiment for the rest of the week ... pick ONE thing to read/listen to, ONE crochet project and put all the others away where I won't see them and get distracted. Obviously I can't hide parts of the house (although wouldn't that be amazing!!) so I'm picking ONE task. And ONE hour to look through open browser tabs and close as many as I get through. Maybe by taking away the shiny distractions, my squirrel brain will be able to settle enough to finally finish ONE thing!

Stay tuned ... squirrel!!!!!!!!!!!! 

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