For those of us that analyze things six ways to Sunday before taking any action, this is a common excuse – not to get out of doing the work but because we’ve already worn ourselves out with thinking instead of doing.

And yet it is also true that when presented with something purely fun requiring no planning or pass/fail grades we find ourselves suddenly revived. So tiredness isn’t really the issue.

I certainly have felt too hot and too tired this week and yet my purpose in extended my stay was to get specific things done.  My effective strategy so far is simply to take a short break and then get up and do just one more thing. No great insight there but it does mean progress gets made even if everything doesn’t get completed as envisioned. Not using the excuse doesn’t mean turning yourself into a superhero either. I think that’s where the whole ‘have it all’ failed – there are still only 24 hours in a day and some of them are needed for sleep.  When big tasks present themselves, other things need to be modified.  I had two rooms of files and stuff to sort out this week so I cut back on the blogging to every other day. I could have said I was too tired for even that much. Instead I took a little bit of time out for this and still managed to manage the other tasks.  I will have to watch where it creeps up when I’m back on my regular schedule and there’s something interesting on TV!

Next week’s excuse is tbd, I should be back home tomorrow and will pick one out then…

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