When the Tasks Are Stacked Deep

The other day I was in a fetal position on my couch in the basement.  From that place in the room I could see the huge wall turned into one big writing bulletin board filled with assignments, my computer waiting for fingers to tap on the keyboard, papers piled on papers on my desk, one dirty plate, two coffee cups with a few swigs of cold brew at the bottom, a very still treadmill, dirty carpet, dusty piano, and the laundry hamper sides bulging out.

That’s when my friend called me, and I whimpered, hello.

She’s a fixer.  So she said, Here’s what you’re gonna do:  Toggle.  Pick the two most important tasks and toggle between them until they’re done.  Then pick the next two and toggle between them until they’re done.  Get it? 

She is so smart.  It really worked.

Yesterday I felt overwhelmed by tasks again, so I skipped paralysis and toggled all morning long, and I got a crazy amount done.  I set the timer for 10 minutes and did one chore and then toggled to the next for 10 minutes.