The DONE List

When you work from home, you strike when the iron is hot.  You do as much as you can with the energy you have, no matter when it arrives.  You don't question it, you just MOVE.

I have done the following this weekend, and wanted to list this for two reasons.

1) As a mom who works or a worker who is a mom or a person who is a parent, we are NEVER EVER "DONE."  So at times, it's fun to look at what we DID, not what we DIDN'T DO.  The list of what we "could do" is ridiculously long and guilt-inspiring.  I like the DID lists better than my TO-DO lists, always.

2) Those who do not have kids are also never "done."  I am not going to say that they cannot understand being busy as well as a parent, because it's just not true.  I know a few busy people who don't have kids who make my schedule look like a day camp flier.  Many of them also could stand a few more moments of focusing on what they got done, not what they still have to do.

I have done or accomplished or stumbled through the following, and the weekend's not over yet:

-washed all the bedding from all three bedrooms
-done the dishes a few times
-talked someone through a really rough time (not say who or why 'cause that's not how I roll)
-updated a whole schload of social media-type stuff
-waded through my magazine collection on the hunt for something specific - didn't find it but pared the pile down considerably
-wrote five articles.
-edited five articles
-wrote and sent two proposals
-learned a bunch of stuff
-figured out that a Pyrex lid will dislodge from the bottom shelf of my dishwasher.
-helped out on an awesome project - got to write part of a co-creation art piece, and rewrite/edit it and walk through the process of rewriting and watching people rehearse parts of it=magic.
-took one nap
-spent LARGE part of the weekend doing absolutely nothing and loved it - no work, just hang-time with the kiddos
-made Spongebob Mac and Cheese.
-prayed
-had an immensely difficult conversation with someone I love, then another one, then another.  (again, not telling)
-braided a Barbie doll's hair
-LAUNDRY LAUNDRY LAUNDRY
-Found my copy of "Beasts of the Southern Wild."  Intended on watching it.  Fell asleep with Neil Gaiman book instead.
-Learned more things.
-Ordered pizza.
-organized part of my home office-area
-cleaned out fridge
-sorted recycling
-cried
-laughed until I snorted.
-took things to storage
-increased my online visibility and organic SEO growth by.... just kidding.  I don't know.
-Updated two of my three blogs (yes, counting what I am doing right now.)
-Made this list.
-Checked the time and my pulse.

I have included a lovely picture of my newly, altered Pyrex lid for your viewing pleasure.  It is not a FAIL.  It is a lesson.  I didn't know it was too light to stay down, and there is now a hole in it.  Therefore, I will not be putting lids on the bottom shelf again.  If only all life lessons were this easily learned.

If you put something in the wrong place - a lid, your energy, your priorities - they will get burned through and destroyed.  On the same hand if you find yourself in perpetual motion but it feels great and is not harming you or someone else, keep going.  Besides, the days of doing nothing are not as fun to write about.