Josh Shear

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I've been happily following Beth's return to blogging this month, and saying "I really should get back to that, too."

I had a great start to National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo for you nerds and search engines out there (hi, Google!)), but gave it up to do things like sleep, eat and poop.

JB scheduled a ladies' night (not coincidentally, I hear there's a film about sparkly vampires who can withstand daylight coming out today; I might have to watch Dusk Til Dawn to make things right), so I decided to schedule time to wipe things off my to-do list.

And this post, about scheduling time for yourself, was the last thing on it. So after I wrap this up, I'm gonna put gas in the car, order some junk food, and wipe out in front of a bad movie. And I'm making this weekend primarily about me (hell, it's my birthday weekend, why not?). I haven't done that in a while, and I've hit some limits, especially where my energy is concerned.

I'm not the only one writing about this this week, so it must be something's going around.

Here's what I'm going to do going forward, and it's something you need to do, too. You know your to-do list? Put you on it. Whether you schedule yourself five minutes of stretching or meditation, a cup of coffee outside, or a few extra minutes to gather your thoughts while you're taking the stairs instead of the elevator, put yourself on your to-do list.

You're going to ignore yourself if you don't – and you're also going to be less efficient and effective with the other stuff on your list.

G'night, interwebz.