FM Walsh & Associates Inc.

Stop Cluttering Your Head!

As women we seem to be wired to keep track of a lot of things at the same time; we multitask and seem to manage multiple things seamlessly. But to be effective in business you have to be able to focus, especially in economic times like this. In the last 2 weeks I noticed I’m not feeling as effective as I’d like, so I sat down to look at what’s going on.

Rather than simply crank out another to-do list, I reviewed what had been on my mind the most, what things were cluttering up my head, what things were causing me to feel stressed. Surprisingly, they weren’t BIG things. But they were costing me a lot in mental energy.

So I made a list:

• Organize the top of my desk (when I get busy, I turn into a “piler”!)
• Update speakers package
• Get through my reading file

And then I booked 5 hours in my calendar this week to get them done. Voila! That little nagging voice has disappeared and I feel much calmer and focused.

What things are cluttering up your head? What undone stuff is sucking up your energy? What are you feeling guilty about not doing? Make a list, then set aside a time to get them done. What spurred me to action was the realization that I was spending way more time and energy thinking about these things done, than it would take to actually do them!