From: mumble@nomail.invalid   
      
   On 05/23/2014 12:26 PM, J.Pascal wrote:   
   > So... maybe I'm the only person ever who finds it hard to stick to one thing   
   to the end, but rotating through doesn't work either because some other idea   
   will add itself to the rotation and the whole thing grows.   
   >   
   > Has anyone had to work through and find a way to prioritize "I'm working on   
   this project now and no others" and figured out a way that maybe feels like   
   the right choice for a while... or maybe no one has trouble with being pulled   
   away to the next new    
   shiny thing.   
   >   
   > Ooooh, Shiny!   
   >   
   > Deadlines and contracts are obvious prioritizers, but what works before then?   
   >   
   > -Julie   
   >   
      
   The necessary always comes back, even if you try to forget about it...   
   that's how some define reality after all, reality is what doesn't change   
   if you stop believing in it.   
      
   I tend toward doing what seems to be next, even if it's unimportant.   
   The things that get done, get done; the others are either unnecessary,   
   or they'll be back by and by.  Depending on your situation, that   
   approach may take a good bit of faith.   
      
   If writing fiction for a living was my lot, I'd be poor; but I'm poor   
   anyway, so the fact that I couldn't tell a story to save my ass is   
   nothing for me to fret over.   
      
   I do notice that early in the morning I'm suited for one kind of work,   
   then later in the day that part of me is burned out and it's time for   
   something else.   
      
   Maybe your expectations need to be adjusted somewhat, there are people   
   who feel they should be "production machines" and beat themselves silly   
   trying to meet their own expectations.  I've found that the fewer   
   expectations I have, the less beat-up I get, and being less beat-up,   
   whatever it is that I end up doing seems to be done better than if I was   
   dragging myself through it.   
      
   I hope you're able to work it out satisfactorily, or at least adjust   
   things toward a more comfortable situation.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)