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At some point a few months ago I quit writing lists. I used to be a big list writer. I would make lists for everything. And if I did something that wasn't on the list but should have been, I would write it on and then ceremoniously cross it off. This way I could see the full measure of what I had accomplished.
But, within the last few months I have become so busy and the lists so long and unorganized that I felt incredibly overwhelmed and for some reason I simply stopped making them. I just quit writing things down, quit putting things in my calendar, and even deleted the notes on my iPhone. I'm not sure how much this helped me. I have mixed feelings about it actually.
On the one hand it did reduce my stress somewhat. I focused on a few core goals instead of the very, very, very long list of every single little thing. I was able to accomplish a few of my goals even without the lists. However, I now realize that by letting go of the lists there are probably things that I'm forgetting to do.
Now the question is... Do I create a new list? Here is the bare bones list of where I need to start:
Home
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LeapFrogVA
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Your REVA
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REVA Trainer
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Church
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Coaching
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· Christmas
shopping
· Thanksgiving
planning
· Cleaning
the house
· 3
Costumes for play
· Holiday
schedules for kids
· Halloween
costumes
· FB
Page for Casi’s Business
· Family
Calendar for play practices and schedule
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· Website
· Add
Paypal link
· Merchant
account
· Blog
· Marketing
· Social
Media Calendar
· Blog
post calendar
· Research
· New
Client Plan
· November
Goals
· Pick
winners of FB Contest and create headers
· Make
MY new header for FB
· FB
header for Broker
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· Brand
· Website (draw up for Harbertsons)
· Paypal Link
· Merchant account
· Blog
· Marketing
· Intro Video
· Email marketing letters
· White pages and/or Report for list
· FB Page for realtor
· Hire VA to help?
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· Brand
· Website(draw up for Harbertsons)
· Paypal Link
· Merchant account
· Blog
· Marketing
· New VA Training
· New REVA Training
· Advanced REVA Training
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· Write program
· Choose music
· Schedule program and practices
· Special Numbers
· Speakers
· Signup Sheets
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· Sessions
· Planning
· Calls
· Complete worksheets
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· Find Partner
· Find Web Person
· Find Copyriter
· Year End Goals
· Next Year goals
· RE Classes
· Update Listing and Closing List
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Notice I left out the majority of the stuff I do as the mom, accountant, housekeeper, organizer, scheduler, referee, animal trainer, landscaper, chef, and shopper for our home and remaining 4 daughters.
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The other thing you will notice is that I am missing from that list. Nothing on any of my lists ever includes me and what I want to do. I want to read, play my flute, exercise, sleep, get my nails done, catch a movie...but there is already way too much on the lists.
Believe it or not, those aren't the only lists! I also left out the other 6 column list that includes confidential client information and to do stuff for the 9 real estate agents I'm currently assisting. And the other 3 columns I have started for the new agents I've picked up in the last few months. Plus there are a few other virtual assistants I am helping with their businesses. (They are helping me by providing me with direction on my training program I'm going to someday, in my spare time, create. haha)
Today I am not feeling well and am very stressed about the very long list of things I need to do. Man! Do I need a partner! Right now I'm just me. No one helping. I have mentors, and awesome people I can go to with questions and for help. But, I have to do all of the work myself and it is just too overwhelming. I know I can make this thing work. But how?
How will I ever get it to work if I only have 15-20 minutes a day to build my business?
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