Settling into a discipline

[aadler]

I set up a list of things I wanted to accomplish, and yesterday was when I first set myself to really focus on that.

Then our daughter called from Ireland, and was on the line (Facebook Messenger, actually) for something like three hours. And in the evening, after I was almost caught up, we likewise got a call from our son Kevin, which was good for another hour or so. So I managed a number of things on the list, but not all.

Then today, Susan and I got a late start on the day, and some of the shopping I had to do wound up taking more time than intended. (Also, yesterday and today were both cooler than the current norm, which interfered with or negated some of the planned items.)

Tomorrow is when things really begin to count, it being the first day of a new month. Simply having a list has made me take care of more things than I would have done without it; still, I need to do more to catch up.

With both of us retired now, it’s easy to spend all day, every day, reading online and watching streaming TV and not accomplishing much of anything else. Better if we can manage more than that. So far, not a bad start.