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  • Motivation – put it in box and wrap it up

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    Published on 05-12-2011 12:41 PM
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    The year is gearing up for its crazy, dubiously named “Festive” season and allegedly “merry” and “happy” end.

    What I’m personally rapidly approaching is a time of chaos, overexcited and whingy kids and a need to projects finished and preferably online so they can be purchased as Christmas presents.

    The “work on projects” moments are embroiled in a fist waving, screaming battle with the “must get Christmas presents” moments, whilst demands for social appearances, from business events, to childcare end of year parties and school assemblies to speaking engagements are pulling me in all directions.

    Needless to say, my motivation is waning, the days are holding very little appeal, and the idea of remaining in bed is increasingly alluring.

    But then that gets very boring, which is a motivation in and of itself!

    I don’t do bored well.

    I have taken on the Christmas spirit of stuffing everything into boxes and bags, then wrapping them up (and dreaming of regifting or returning some of those moments and exchanging them for better ones).

    Mental compartmentalisation, or something like that, some call it. I just have columns in my diary and pretend they’re boxes. I place a little bit of, or an entire project in one, school assemblies in another and my Christmas chaos in something like box 37.

    You can only stuff so much in a box, so I can’t possibly overdo it.

    And just like Christmas morning, when I remove the lid, I’m greeted with a completely different surprise … and a fresh bout of motivation for each thing that needs doing!

    (And sometimes an overwhelming desire to stab someone … I didn’t ask for this!!!!!)


    Amanda Cox     (aka Mad Cow) is a wife, mum to three boys, writer, speaker, author and founder of the online safe-haven and support website for Australian mums, Real Mums (    www.realmums.com.au). All of which she manages from the chaos of her home office/hiding in the back of the vegetable crisper.