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Lately I've fallen into the bad habit of passing by things to do around the house. I will see something that needs to be done big or small, I know I have time to do it, but I will walk away from it. In it's work incarnation that leaves me walking back and forth in the house not really doing anything because the rooms are filled with things to be done. Completely dysfunctional!

I think it may be in part a reaction to anti-anxiety meds which make it really easy to say, "I'll do that later" to everything. I'm having my dosage cut in half because I think they are killing my motivation in general and messing with my sleep. If that doesn't work I'll get rid of them altogether. Regardless, it hasn't been a good thing.

Today I'm endeavoring to break that cycle. My motto is not to walk away from anything. If it needs to be done, don't walk away from it, just do it. Now that doesn't mean I'm going to get everything done. That's not my intention. But it means I'm not going to walk away from something simple that can be done. So far, so good. I'm spending less energy and getting more done. I don't know if I'll be able to keep it up, but if I can do it for this long weekend, maybe it'll form a new habit.

Even with the bad avoidance tendency, the extra time I've had with holidays off and slightly more reasonable work hours has allowed me to take some of the household burdens off of