It's A Complete And Utter Mess (But that's OK.)

You heard me, don't' pretend you didn't. It's a complete and utter mess but that' OK. Why ? Because it's meant to be. It's just the way it is. C'est la vie mon amis. Don't sweat the small stuff. It'll be alright on the night. No worries, It's all good. Chill.

Yeah right, who am I kidding. You're sat there with you hands on your head, thinking 'how on earth am I meant to make this work ? There's so much to do, to learn, to write, to research. Where do I start ? Who's that knocking on the door ? No, I don't know where the remote is ?

The list of platitudes/problems/distractions is endless but it doesn't get away from the fact that you've got too much stuff gong on and it really is a mess and spending the weekend doing other things isn't going to help with your stress levels. I know what you've got going on, would you like me to list them all ?

OK then, here it is:

• Google, Yahoo, Bing, Blogs, Yoast, SEO, SERP's, Search, Facebook, Pinterest, Linkedin Reddit, Quora, QSR, Twitter, Training, Posts, Elementor, Divi, Themes, Dreams, Goals, Reviews, Mobile, Desktop, Console, URL's, Video, YouTube, Wordcount, Keywords, Images, Life, Living, Links, Lists, Kids, Hobbies, Husbands, Wives, Parents, Friends, Books, Notes, Ideas, Bots, Bills, Deals, Deadlines, Fines, Payments, Tailwind, Wages, Smoosh, Rank, Networking, Chat, Mailchimp, Funnels, Email, Autoresponders, Spam, Junk, Replies, Reading, Researching, Relaxing, Jaaxy, Jobs, Part-time, Full-time, No time, Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh !

Wow, that's quite a list. You're probably looking at it and thinking of a few more to add, feel free. What can you do ? Nothing. There is nothing you can do about it, it is what it is and what is, is.

I am sure there are some of you out there that are highly organised, experienced and adept at being able to 'pigeonhole' tasks so that you are always on top of things. This will not be the case for many of us.

For some, we are constantly living with a feeling of overwhelm. Do you know what ? That's normal. That's right, normal, normal, normal. It's a mess and that's OK. Embrace it because it won't feel like this forever and there's no point in getting all 'bent out of shape' now and starting to panic, Like Jim Rohn said "It's like trying to herd cats"

It does get better, I promise. Certain tasks will become easier and less time consuming, you will become more organised. You will, in time, understand how everything works.

When I used to work as a 'Mechanic' (Loosely termed) on 'Ten-pin' pinsetters, the 'lanes' owner decided to open another centre. This was to be a fresh install in an empty industrial unit. Specialist installers came in and fitted the lanes and machinery and then left. The rest of the centre needed everything and the electrical side was left up to one man. Graham. Lighting, heating, sockets and anything else you could think of that would require electricity to function.

As you can imagine, the owner wanted everything up and running as quickly as possible, so it could start bringing in some revenue. Considering the scale of the job, it was completed in time but it was not pretty. Front of house was fine but behind the scenes, where the public didn't go, well it was just a myriad of wires, boxes, connections and some things that were best avoided going near. At some point, possibly after the inevitable power loss somewhere, I voiced my concern at the state of things. Without breaking stride he turned and with a smile and said:

"This is how it is with installations like this. You just get everything up and running and then work through to make everything neat and tidy"

Not sure, at the time, if I wasn't just being 'fobbed off'. Now, looking back, there was no other way to achieve what he did, certainly not within the time-scale allowed.

So, take a step back and look at what you've achieved in the time you've been here. If you'd tried

to get each and every segment of the big picture working to full capacity, how far along do you think you would be ? Remember how long it took to write your first 1500 word post ? Or the first time you tried to edit that video ? or slide show or banner ?

This weekend is the 'delivery' weekend at 'Casa Twack.' Two weekends off, one weekend on. One hundred and twenty customers to visit, with either an order or a new catalogue. Some will be in, some won't. I tend to write these weekends off as far as being able to do anything constructive. It's not even the time element. Yesterday we were finished by 1.40pm, a new record. It was still four hours of driving and the heat, although wonderful, is not conducive to driving in a stop start manner, plus there is no air con. Still, it's done and there are only a handful of stragglers to sort over the next couple of days.

When we first started, we would pack all the orders on a Friday, ready for delivery on the Saturday. It could take up to seven hours to pack all the orders. Now, if it takes three hours, that's the maximum. Same with the actual delivering side, which has been halved. Bear in mind also, over the years the numbers have increased, yet the time and effort has decreased.

I could waffle on with more examples but I'm pretty sure you've managed to get the point.

Don't let 'mess' give you 'stress'

Enjoy what's left of the weekend.

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