Early Challenges

I have been working from home now for 4 weeks, and it is amazing how much you learn about yourself so quickly! :) For instance, my husband used to tell me that I am a "list" person - had to stick to my list or else! I would scoff at that a little - no, I only use lists to make sure I get everything done. Sadly, I am learning that he is more right than I care to admit. I need structure. I always thought I was more a fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants kinda gal, but it just isn't true. (Yikes! Isn't inflexibility a sign of old age?!?)


One of the more frustrating things for me has been that I did not invest enough time setting up my home office. My husband and I are still trying to figure out exactly WHERE my office and the schoolroom will be, so that has hindered me somewhat. Right now, my laptop has no permanent home; the adding machine is in one place, the fax/printer/copier is in another; the notebooks and such in yet another. I am losing patience (most of you know I had SO much of that to start!) with chasing items down.


I thought that life would kind of slow down after I quit working full time, but that just hasn't happened. I have a tendency to overfill my days with too many activities, and I often don't get the priorities accomplished. Conversely, on the rare days I don't have anything planned, I rarely accomplish anything; and I really feel that those are wasted days. I am still trying to figure out that balance, and that is scary - I think I am about to turn into a very scheduled person, and that bothers me! (Inflexibility and old age, remember?)

The bottom line is that I need to figure it out soon, because school starts in a little over a week! That was my heart attack on Wednesday. :)