RE: Re: OT: smoke check

"hi Jesse" :)

I wish you luck in your quest for having a less stressful and enjoyable
life. I started about 4 years ago and can't say that I have more time nor am
doing more enjoyable things. I learned how to say NO, but the years of stuff
on the to do later list are still not done:(

Are you over the 'oops' time yet as I call it? As much as I wanted to stop
doing things, I felt really something - not depressed, not relieved, kinda
lost - as I gave projects up. My last newsletter on the last page I wrote an
article to the group which had them and me in tears. I gave up so many
things I really enjoyed and am not sure I really did the right thing. (I
should have given up my job instead) The funny thing is I don't have a clue
how I got all that done on a regular basis... monthly newsletters, web
pages, restoration work, greenhouse control, meetings, odd projects,
classes, speeches, pond tours, pond expos, and a zillion other things I gave
up....

Donna

> And on that note..."Hi, my name is Jesse, and I'm a workaholic" (this is
> where you all say "hi Jesse!") But seriously. My husband is ADHD and can
> run circles around me. For years I tried to keep up with him. I'm not a
> slouch..I'm very high energy, but he just wore me OUT. About a year ago
> I decided to simplify my life, get rid of things I no longer need, scale
> down to things that were important to me and felt like I could do
> justice to that "cause" or interest by investing my time, canceled
> magazines I never get the chance to read and so on. Then, I my job was
> gone...so now I'm at home trying to prioritize my day, learn how to be
> efficient at what I do...and not stress as much. It's work at
> first...I'm trying to get an organized office for the goat business
> which in turn will make it easier for me to get things done faster and
> more efficiently, I've simplified my house and learned to delegate more
> to the kids and last but not least, I've learned to gently and nicely
> put my
> 
> foot down with my husband and his excessive work mentality...it's fine
> if he wants to do that but I refuse and I won't let him work the kids to
> death. Enough is enough. So far it seems to be working. Of course, you
> will always have those times when things get crazy (massive amounts of
> baby goats born at once, bottle feeding some that you didn't expect to
> feed and so on) but I just learn to roll with it.
> 
> 
> Jesse

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