I prioritized!

Managing a to-do list is a complex task.  In order to make the list, you need to remember or notice what needs to be done.  Then you need to remember to do it.  Ideally, you also prioritize your tasks — you figure out whether one task needs to precede another, like grocery shopping before cooking, or whether one task is more important than another.  These are things that non-ADD people take for granted.  People with ADD consider themselves lucky if they remember half of what they need to do, and if it only takes them twice as long as the time they have to do it.

But tonight was one of my success stories.  I did the grocery shopping at the usual time, after my art lesson.  I got home at ten to 7, and received a message from my husband that he would be arriving at the train station at 7:23.  I successfully remembered that the groceries needed to be put away before I left the house — especially the refrigerated and frozen stuff.  I also remembered that tonight is garbage night, and that it’s much more pleasant to take the garbage out while it’s light out, instead of dark, cold, and foggy.

But then!

Then, I noticed that we had no clean dishes.  With no clean dishes, we couldn’t eat dinner.  Furthermore, I actually figured out that I should start the dishwasher before I left to pick up my husband so we could eat in a timely fashion!  Yay me!

With all of this in mind,  I put away groceries so they wouldn’t thaw.

Then, I loaded the dishwasher and started it.

Then, I started on the garbage, because I figured out that I could finish it after I got home.

Then, I got the the train station on time to meet my husband’s train.

And then, we got home as the dishwasher was halfway through its cycle, so the dishes would be ready when dinner is.

Now, all that remains is cleaning out the cat box, washing up thoroughly, and putting the leftovers in the microwave.

I’m kind of feeling like a badass right about now