Do you normally hit the ground running?  Are all your to-do´s in your mind while new ones keep popping in?  When you do things this way you are dealing with the problems or to-do’s as they come to mind. How much stress do you think that causes? Then you start feeling that you might be forgetting something.  What happens when you realize you did forget something?  That is when you lose it and the whole system crashes.

If you stop for a few minutes at the beginning of each day and make a list of the must-do´s, should-dos and want to-dos along with the not to-dos.  Prioritize them and give your mind a time to take it all in, breath and get organized.  Putting things in writing will help you relive the stress that is caused by making sure you do not forget anything, but it also helps you prioritize and get the important things out of the way.

It is also important to tackle the tasks that take more time. The less time consuming things usually find their way into your schedule, it’s the complicated things that need your special attention.