*while audience is clapping, the camera pans over until we see Alex Trebek.”

Alex: “Hello, and welcome. I’m Alex Trebek. And today we have with us Jenny. Jenny, why don’t you tell us a little bit about yourself?”

Jenny:”Sure, Alex. I’m Jenny, I’m a humor writer, and I live a little bit north of Atlanta with my husband and our three cats.”

Alex: “Wow-that sounds like a handful.”

Jenny: “You have no idea.”

Alex: “All right, then let’s move right into our categories for today. We have Working On Your Website,Your Online Forum, The Front Burner Project, Friends, Email, and To Do List/Errands. So Jenny, why don’t you start us of by choosing a category.”

Jenny: “Hm, I’ll take Email for $100, Alex.”

Alex: “All right. The answer is, ‘This will help you with your ebook.”

Jenny: “Oh, I know-What is, reply to the email I got from the woman who really wants to help me with this?”

Alex: “That’s right. And since you answered correctly, you get to choose again.”

Jenny: “I’ll take My Website for $200.”

Alex: “The answer here is, ‘This is today’s post.”

Jenny: *furiously pressing her buzzer*

Alex: “Jenny, this question goes to you.”

Jenny: ” What is, turn my game show notes from yesterday into a post.”

Alex: “Right again. OK. For the choice of your final Thing for this round, which category do you choose?”

Jenny: “Alex, I’ll take To Do List for $200.”

Alex: “The answer: Will make you smile when you see it.”

Jenny: “Oh, that’s an easy one. What is, add Jake’s baptism photos to my iTouch.”

Alex: “Well done. All right, it’s time for us to take a break. When we return, will Jenny be able to continue her winning streak?”

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So lately I’ve been using a system of time/project management that has really been helping me to actually get things done, stay present while I’m doing them, and enjoy each step rather than trying to race all the way to the end in the shortest amount of time possible. I call it, “Do Three Things.”

Our camera is being difficult, or I would show you my SO COOL container for this whole system.

I went to Target and got a set of cubicles that is 3 across and 3 down, so 9 in total.

Thanks to some wonderful tools I’ve discovered, I have been paring down my ideas like I never have before to see what I could actually fit in my days/life AND take care of myself (revolutionary, I know).

Then I got these cool, I guess you would call them sort of brightly colored collapsible canvas boxes with handles that fit inside the cubicles.

And, with more paring, I cut everything down to 3 ongoing projects: learning how to be vegan, my website, and this forum I belong to.

And then I picked 3 “temporary” projects (like participating in a 4-week teleclass. )

And then I left 3 cubes open, so that I have room for new projects to come in.

And then within each project I got some index cards and I wrote down the specific next 3 steps for each project (ex. “try recipe on p.47”).

And so I am actually DOING my creative work!! And enjoying it, because I am actually being present with it. And not turning manic.

So yesterday I decided to turn my 3 Things into a game show, just to have a little fun with it. And this is how it went.

**wild cheering from the audience as the game host and his beautiful assistant walk out on stage**

Game Host: And today we have Jenny with us. Jenny, you’ve played 3 Things before, so why don’t you just go ahead and spin the wheel.

Jenny: **spins** Big money! Big money!

**wheel slows down and then stops**

GH: OK, let’s see what you’ve got here. Number 1-go to the chiropractor, Number 2, make a bank deposit, and, oh, this is a tough one here, Number 3-go grocery shopping

audience: **gasps**

GH: Now number 3 is a big one-do you want to put it back and spin for something else, or do you want to go ahead and do it for extra super bonus points? Remember-it could prevent you from participating in further rounds of the game today because of how much energy it will take.

Jenny: **brows furrowed in thought** Um, yeah, I think I’ll do it!

audience: **wild clapping and cheering**

GH: All right. Let’s see what you can do.

Jenny: **runs off to get started**
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