Please advise -- I feel overwhelmed. How do I set priorities?

Question

I have sitting on my desk:

- my introduction to film studies textbook from last semester. I'd like to re-read it, because I didn't read it thoroughly enough last semester.
- an agatha christie novel that i'd like to read
- a jeanette winterson novel that i'd like to read
- 'madame bovary' by flaubert, which i'd like to read. i want to keep up on my French.
- a poetry textbook that a friend let me borrow. i want to become less deaf to poetry.
- three movie rentals that i'd like to watch
- a sketchbook that i intended to use for costuming sketches. i need to put together a portfolio to get into costume design school.
- my 'how to be assertive' book and a list of methods to improve my self-thoughts.
- my work schedule (i'm a server in a restaurant)
- my tax forms, which i need to file
- another book, that analyses the TV show, 'charmed'
- my sports bra. i need to go workout more.
- my journal, which i'd like to use for resp

Additional Details

Haha, another Charmed fan :-) The book is called "Investigating Charmed: The Magic Power of TV." It's a compilation of articles about the show, edited by two professors from the English department of my university. It's really interesting. Happy reading :-)
http://www.amazon.com/Investigating-Charmed-Magic-Power-Cult/dp/1845114809

Answer 1

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Ha! We all have this trouble to some degree: an inability to prioritize, Take all those objects and make a list, starting with the one that is most important to you, or is most important to accomplish. Continue your list, being honest with yourself about what really counts.

Now decide how much "free" time you have in a week or a day. Use a good-sized calender with lines on the days. Schedule your free time to cover your priority items as best you can. When one item drops off the list, add another. I advise using pencil, because circumstances can make priorities change.

If you're in the US, I'd make that tax form high on my list. The date for filing is around April 15th. If you're getting a refund, it doesn't matter. But if you owe, the penalties are piling up. Plus, to get GW Bush's free check, you have to file.

We all have more free time than we think we do, but leave time open for fun and contemplation. Look at me! It's 5:30am and I'm doing Answers!!

Answer 2

You have stuff on that list that you don't need to do. First off. You need to do at least half hour of exercise a day. Ditch the movies. I have found that i can't watch TV or anything like that cause i have been reading. Your Tax forms i suggest you do first, just to get them off your chest. Work schedule. Well you can't really say when you can do that. So work around it. Like those books. (Depending how you get places) you can read on the trains and waiting. Before you go to bed is good too. Journal is a thing to do before you go to bed, before reading. The other stuff i count as how homework. So make sure you finish it. But don't leave it to last minute and don't do it all at once. Thats just painful. Make sure you clear your desk and if you start getting tired than go for a walk. There's your exercise. You also need to balance out your work load and your social/ pleasure times. Good luck

Answer 3

Hahaha..

umm if i were you, i'd set like half an hour for each activity- no more, no less. good luck!

Answer 4

OMG! I am sorry I have no real answer for you, but where in the whole of creation did you find a book THAT ANALYSIS "CHARMED"?! I have to have it please!!!give me the info on it!

By the way, sometimes something that seems to be trivial and have no bearing on reality and what we "should" do are more important than any of us realize. Phantasy and superstition are the talismans that inspire our most pertinent decisions. Have your emotional mind take over for a little while. Just make sure what really matters to you and not what others think is what makes you decide what to do in the real world.

Power of ME!!!Peace/Love/Empathy