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[quote=Anonymous]OP, something that might help is planning time to handle your various tasks. It's totally common to feel overwhelmed all the time when you're thinking about all you have to do all the time. So, for laundry, have that be something you do every other night at 8 pm, for example. That way you won't worry about it all day long. For stuff like school events, pick a time, maybe right after lunch before you start up at work again, or sometime on Saturday, and read all the school emails and order all the stuff your kid needs for the week (I had to order a white pillowcase yesterday because my K kid needed one, for what, I don't know, but it was easier to just order it from Amazon than to think about going back to Target for it since I had already been there before getting the email). I get so many emails from my kids' school that I can't read them all when they pop up, so I try to pick a time and go through and get organized for the week. Same with anything on your list - pick a time to either handle it or plan for it and then put it to the side. It's like the ultimate in compartmentalizing. For some reason, most women I know are better than men at multi-tasking, which can be a great skill. But the downside of it can be that you always feel like you're doing fifteen things at once. So try to focus on a single task and save the other things for later. I have a special text tone for our nanny and I have my work phone on in case it rings but otherwise I turn emails and other notifications off while I'm at work. That way if I get an email saying I need a pillowcase for Wednesday I don't stop work to read about that and then get distracted thinking about it. I hope that helps, I know it's hard![/quote]
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