I have been giving some more thought to the fact that I need to have a certain amount of things done in order to rest properly.

As I mentioned before, it’s not about having to earn my rest, it’s about making sure that thoughts of tasks undone don’t disturb my rest. it’s about having reached a point with the tasks that I can put them aside without them coming to mind while I’m trying to do something else.

The problem is, of course that it’s hard to find that line unless the task is completely done.

I can sometimes accomplish it if I think in advance about what ‘done’ looks like for today but while that is extremely helpful (thanks, Jennifer Louden!) it doesn’t always help me keep the tasks in their proper container.

I know that part of the issue is that I can’t always be sure that I have done the highest priority tasks or that I’ve done the ones that need to be done within a certain period of time. At this level of medication and experience, I am much better at identifying the high priority tasks, but not as good as I’d like to be.

I guess it’s just going to take more practice.

And now that I’ve actually figured out what the issue is, I’m hoping that I can build better solutions, organize my time in a way that makes me happier, and keep my work in its proper containers. ?