Baby Steps

If you read yesterday's blog you'll know I'm currently drowning in a sea of paper and deadlines with no real idea of what I'm doing when or even what my assignments are going to be about. Really my work yesterday was pointless though as I couldn't even make it to my seminar. Sometimes I hate being a woman... That is all we'll say on the matter.

                  The stress of last night was useful though. That, plus a chat with my mum today made me realise that although I have 101 deadlines already I actually need more. I know what you're thinking, don't stretch yourself too thin, don't take on any more commitments etc etc but that's not what I mean at all. I need deadlines set on my terms. Little deadlines building up to the big all important ones, baby steps if you will. No one wakes up one morning and decides to run a marathon then does it the next day. It takes weeks and months of preparations, several mini goals have to be achieved before you have any chance of crossing the finish line and that is how I plan to think of my work this semester. Every mini deadline I tick off is getting me closer to that finishing line.

                 First things first I need a plan. I have to sort out when the major deadlines are and what I have to do to cross them off. My first major assignment is due 2 weeks today which is a tad terrifying so tomorrow I'm going to make a plan of exactly what I need to do for it and email my lecturer for some advice.

               Then the second bit is the hardest, but most important, knuckling down and actually getting the work done. Hopefully setting it out in this way will help to put it in to perspective. It's still a hell of a lot of work, that is never going to change, but hopefully it'll become manageable.

              The conclusion of this long pointless blog post? Baby steps make things seem easier/less daunting and of course by writing all this down publicly I have to get my act together and sort this. ;-)