Blues

[Cehrabehra]

I''m not a very well organized person and I tend to drift add style into anything that looks interesting or entertaining. It is so hard for me to channel my focus and I''m feeling very overwhelmed with the amount of things I need to do and I think it''s getting to me. I just want to wiggle my nose and have the next 8 weeks flash by so I can start settling in in China. But in order for that to go smoothly I have about a billion things to do and every time I scratch something off my list I add two more. Plus it''s hard to decide what should be done first. I''ve spent hours and hours on the phone the past week, some convos being much more productive than others. Some I am downright going in circles trying to figure out who has the right answer and in the end end up talking to the same person I started with who just shrugs and sends me to another person - rinse and repeat. It is so frustrating. I want to escape, get in the bath and read or watch tv. Or even just stare into space and listen to the internal hum.

How do you guys deal with this stuff?

 

[princesss]

Date: 11/16/2009 2:38:55 PM
Author:Cehrabehra
I''m not a very well organized person and I tend to drift add style into anything that looks interesting or entertaining. It is so hard for me to channel my focus and I''m feeling very overwhelmed with the amount of things I need to do and I think it''s getting to me. I just want to wiggle my nose and have the next 8 weeks flash by so I can start settling in in China. But in order for that to go smoothly I have about a billion things to do and every time I scratch something off my list I add two more. Plus it''s hard to decide what should be done first. I''ve spent hours and hours on the phone the past week, some convos being much more productive than others. Some I am downright going in circles trying to figure out who has the right answer and in the end end up talking to the same person I started with who just shrugs and sends me to another person - rinse and repeat. It is so frustrating. I want to escape, get in the bath and read or watch tv. Or even just stare into space and listen to the internal hum.

How do you guys deal with this stuff?

I just do. I make a list of what needs to get done, and I do it. I split up hard and easy tasks so I''m not leaving the worst stuff until the last minute, and I just check things off the list as I go.

I also try to make sure I get plenty of time with friends before I leave.

Big hugs! Getting ready for international moves is NOT an easy thing, no matter how many times you do it.

 

[zoebartlett]

I make lists too and for every hard thing I do, I make sure to do an easy task (and vice versa). It's so easy to put stuff off until the very last minute, but I try to make sure to tackle something on my to do list every day. No matter how daunting it seems, once you do one thing, it often helps keep you motivated to keep going. I always feel more productive when I do a few things each day rather than looking at a really long list of things I need to get done all at once.

ETA: Having never done an international move before, I'm not sure what goes into planning and coordinating everything. Can you delegate some things on your list to your kids and your husband?