Some days there are just too many things to do and nothing gets done, even though I worked hard all day. Sound familiar?

Even with good planning (and yeah, we all have that), we have those days. When I hit a stretch like that recently, I decided to try something a little different. Yes, I keep the usual to do list and a calendar and deadlines for client projects. And I was meeting the deadlines, but still didn’t feel like things were progressing with other projects.

That’s when I decided to make one more list — of obstacles. This list was an honest look at everything on my project list, to identify the obstacles or roadblocks to progress. Half an hour later, I had a list of 5 or 6 specific items. I realized that in some cases, I’d been putting those items off for a while, because they seemed so big and complicated.

Now armed with a list of those roadblock items, I decided to give them extra priority over the next few weeks, and figured out a starting point for each. So far, I’ve been able to knock half of them off the list and in the process feel more creative about my other work as well.

Claes

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