Yvonne’s Crazy Adventure November 13, 2025 · Women's Empowerment Community

Yvonne’s Crazy Adventure November 13, 2025

Morning thoughts - To Do Lists

I don’t even know where this one’s going to go. My morning thoughts were more like a giant To Do List today. The good thing about a To Do List, is you can write it down to get it out of your head

Journal✔️
Shower✔️
Tatiana‘s workshop✔️
Farmers market✔️
Call Janelle re: insurance
Storage locker
Empty car
List a few things for sale
Ensure there’s enough room for everything from the car in the storage locker for my next visit before going to the airport
Do Jennifer Dawn’s workbook and message her with feedback
Update my summit speaker chart, and give all speakers an update as to when the summit will be

Like most people, I already know I have too much on my To Do List to accomplish today. I haven’t even got out of bed and I already cancelled my library room for this afternoon because I know there’s no way I can be back in time. I also know I am missing another workshop today because my schedule is too heavy. The timing doesn’t always work out so thank goodness for replays.

I’ve already done a zoom about things not going as planned, but it’s still important to plan. If I had no direction, I would get absolutely nothing done. So when I write my list, it’s a guide with a lot of flexibility installed.

When I was in a coaching session with Jennifer Dawn, she said she also struggled with her To Do List. Her trick is to still have the To Do List, but only put three of the things on your calendar at a time. When you have 20 things to do, it can be very overwhelming and you end up getting nothing done but doom scrolling because it can paralyze you. By only writing three things on your calendar, it feels very doable. When you’re done with those three, you can add three more.

Although I have a full day on my To Do List, I’ll just write journal, shower, and Tatiana’s workshop in my calendar. That I can handle. It’s also all completed by noon. Then I’ll add my next items which would be farmer’s market and U-Haul. When I’m at the storage unit, I will look at the list of all the stuff I need to do while I’m there. Then I will head to the rec centre and complete my computer stuff.

Today I’m going to check out this trick. I think it will help me remain focused.

I don’t have very many days left here - five to be exact - until I fly out to Alabama. I would love to have as many interviews as possible edited and ready to go. The editing of my videos has been my big overwhelming paralysis. I’m going to have to bite-size those down for sure.

If you feel overwhelmed, it’s because you’re not focussing on the task in front of you. I keep thinking of all the videos I have to edit for both the summit and from my Let’s Talk About… zooms. That’s way too much for my brain. Today’s task, once I make it to that list, is to simply download them off of Zoom, where they will then be ready to enter into CapCut.

I just thought of a way to reframe the editing as well. It’s a perfect opportunity to sit back and enjoy each speaker's interview, and reconnect through them before editing. This will give me an idea of the length, what to cut out, how much editing has to be done - while being able to enjoy the speaker’s conversation.

Perception and reframing have been a game changer the past two months - I could write a book on that. I understand right now in this moment of journaling that’s where my struggles are. I remind myself if I get overwhelmed it’s because I’m not focussing on the task at hand. You eat an elephant one bite at a time. I’ll let you know how things go later.

End of thoughts for now…

The good news is I don’t have to write a list out for tomorrow. I’ll just use today’s list and add call Janelle about insurance, go to the storage locker, and clean out car to my calendar.

I got distracted, but that’s okay. I received a lot of phone calls and sometimes, we just need to socialize at the Farmer’s Market. I eventually ended up at the rec centre to charge my iPad in order to finish this post. My list can start again in the morning.

As long as I am a step ahead of where I was yesterday, I am going in the right direction.

I have also detached to the outcome of my trip. I was concerned about all the talk about entering into the USA. I’ve decided to do my due diligence, and if it doesn’t go as planned, it’s simply a redirection. I’m not going to worry about it. If things get shuffled up a bit, then I just have more to write about in my crazy adventure series!

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