Transitioning into "summer"

My semester is over.  Yayyy!  No more school work until Fall--some internship activities in August.  Between now and then, I can work on all those things I put off.  But wait!  I don't like doing all the things I put off.  If I liked doing them, I'd have squeezed them in somehow.  Furthermore, last summer, I didn't get them done either.  I suspect that every time I thought about doing stuff, I found something else that I liked better.  Anything else.  Read.  Sit-and-stare.  Pick my nose. Anything!

However, I am tired of living with the chaos in my home.  Tired of playing find-that-thing.  Unhappy that would could be a lovely living space is filled with disorganized junk.  It is past time.

So, how to do it?  One think I can do is structure my days so that I have an intention going into them.

Priorities:

A-level: paid work, exercise, meditate, eat mindfully (i.e., self care and income), pay bills

B-level: declutter, put things away, read, unearth creative projects and work on them.

Except, I don't like the prioritizing part here.  I'm putting all work and "good-for-me-stuff" first, and I can feel my demand resistance rising.

So, let's try it a different way.  Days structured so that I have time to work, meditate, exercise, play and declutter, in various proportions, as needed according to deadlines and other obligations.  Yes, I like this better.  

So, today is Wednesday:  

I have two non-negotiables: to go to the CSA and talk with my coach. 

CSA is any time between 12 PM and 8 PM, with traffic best around 1:30-2:30.

Speaking with coach at 4:30

For work, I have a largish job due on the 14th, and smaller jobs due on the 10th, 13th, and 14th.

If I put in an hour on the largish job today, tomorrow, and Friday, I'll be in very good shape for next week.  (And if the job is difficult or demanding, I can put more time into it as needed.)

So, today so far:

1 hour on job for next Tues

1 hr to go to CSA and back (overestimation), say 1:30-2:30, so that I have a 2 hour block between returning and talking to coach.

Talk to coach 45 min at 4:30. 

When to exercise?  Now would be good, *and* I don't want to.  So, now would still be good.  OK--after this plan, I'll go for a run/walk.

Often, when back from a run, I feel restless or at loose ends.  That might be a good time to work on my paid work.  

That should take me to about noon.  Then, 15 min putting stuff away in my office.  A break, and 15 more minutes putting stuff away.

Meditate sometime in there for 20 min.  Maybe if I find myself procrastinating.

That is about as much planning as I can do for one round.  It isn't a full day, and leaves lots of room for getting off track, but if I try to plan it all out, (a) I won't follow the plan and (b) demand resistance will kick up big time.  

So--Here goes.... 

'K, at 5:45, I still haven't worked on the paying job, although I did do some minimal picking up.  I also have one more non-negotiable  that I'd forgotten about.  I did exercise and meditate.