Last week was an especially challenging one for me. It was one of those weeks where things just didn’t fall in line like they should and I was faced with a lot of decision-making and prioritizing. An essential element to living with brain injury is to prioritize and stay organized.
I find it helps to have lists when organizing my thoughts. At work or at home I like to write down all the things that come to mind that I need to get accomplished that day. Then I prioritize that list by importance. I don’t always finish everything I’ve written down, but by organizing it, I get to the most important items first. Then I just transfer the leftovers to the next list I create. There are a lot of references to lists in Brain Injury Survivor’s Guide since I believe they are a necessary tool for living successfully with brain injury.
It helps to remind myself that everything really important will get done and that the urgency I feel at the time will no longer be a concern once they are accomplished. So, when my brain starts to get scrambled, I know it’s time to stop and get organized.
Just like organizing and prioritizing my thoughts is essential to getting things accomplished, doing some physical organization is also very helpful to me. As Larry knows, I hate clutter! After a while it starts to cloud my ability to think. Suddenly all I can see is clutter, clutter, clutter. I get obsessed with it. Then it’s time to take some time to do some organizing, prioritizing and just plain old throwing some things out. It’s like my brain won’t go beyond how disturbed I am by the clutter. I guess it’s sort of like spring cleaning – only it happens more than once a year.
I’m hoping this week at the office will be less hectic, but if it’s not – I’m prepared to prioritize and get organized so I can insure all will go as smoothly as possible. One thing is for sure – this too shall pass and everything will work out.
I find it helps to have lists when organizing my thoughts. At work or at home I like to write down all the things that come to mind that I need to get accomplished that day. Then I prioritize that list by importance. I don’t always finish everything I’ve written down, but by organizing it, I get to the most important items first. Then I just transfer the leftovers to the next list I create. There are a lot of references to lists in Brain Injury Survivor’s Guide since I believe they are a necessary tool for living successfully with brain injury.
It helps to remind myself that everything really important will get done and that the urgency I feel at the time will no longer be a concern once they are accomplished. So, when my brain starts to get scrambled, I know it’s time to stop and get organized.
Just like organizing and prioritizing my thoughts is essential to getting things accomplished, doing some physical organization is also very helpful to me. As Larry knows, I hate clutter! After a while it starts to cloud my ability to think. Suddenly all I can see is clutter, clutter, clutter. I get obsessed with it. Then it’s time to take some time to do some organizing, prioritizing and just plain old throwing some things out. It’s like my brain won’t go beyond how disturbed I am by the clutter. I guess it’s sort of like spring cleaning – only it happens more than once a year.
I’m hoping this week at the office will be less hectic, but if it’s not – I’m prepared to prioritize and get organized so I can insure all will go as smoothly as possible. One thing is for sure – this too shall pass and everything will work out.
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