Prioritizing

I dug my own grave on Monday this week when I said this looks like a light and easy week. It’s the first week of August which is a very popular vacation time and my schedule was wide open. I was hoping to spend the time working through my checklist of to-dos that have been put on hold because of deals.

Of course, it never works out that way. My schedule quickly filled up a ton of unexpected tasks and I am running severely behind on Thursday. After working at a startup for the last 6 years, I should’ve been smarter to know better.

While I perhaps haven’t gotten wiser on that front, I will say that I have definitely gotten a lot better at prioritizing and making sure not to stress too much about everything. Long checklists of to-dos used to give me endless stress, but I’ve learned that is just the norm here when you’re one of the leaders of a startup.

There’s never a shortage of things to do. Ever. Unfortunately, that means that I’m pretty much always perpetually behind where I want to be. That’s part of the life here and I wouldn’t have it any other way.