Taking Life in Bite Sized Chunks

you want a bite ?, originally uploaded by Abdullah AL-Naser.

In gluten free bites that is.  My "Month of Gluten" or my "gluten gluttony" as Flossy-p put it (I wish I'd thought of that!), did indeed turn out to be my last.  Tests revealed that I am in fact coeliac so until they find a cure, that's the end of gluten for me.  It's funny though, after sulking for a day after getting the diagnosis, I feel alright about it.  It's something that's made me feel ill since my early teens and much worse in the last few years so it's a relief to find out that I now can have a lot of control over how I feel.

But I digress.

I've started making some changes to the way I work at home and it's making a huge difference.  

I haven't really talked about it, but a little while ago, we took a huge leap of faith.  With some savings still left in the bank to fall back on, The Man has become the stay-at-home dad and I, the breadwinner.  We've decided to really try to make a go of Kimono Reincarnate and to build it to support a family of three.  It's terribly exciting and awfully terrifying at the same time.  I feel honoured that my husband has put that much faith in me, but feel pressured to be the financial caretaker of the two people I love the most.

So now, I work from home with The Man and the little one here to keep me company and to serve as a sometimes welcome, sometimes not-so welcome distractions.  Working at home can be great and is most of the time, but I'm finding that I need more structure in my day and in my week.  And that's where the bite-sized bits from the title comes from.  

I've always had a to-do list beside me and I must say it's long, so very long.  For quite a while, I've had it organised in just two lists, the urgent and less urgent.  Everyday I'd plod my way through it, possibly completing a few of the huge tasks.  At the end of the day rather than feeling the sense of accomplishment in what I had achieved, I'd view the rest of the list and think of all that I didn't.  Well no more.  It's something so simple that I don't know why I haven't always been doing it, but now everyday, I look at the two lists and create a third.  One simply for that day.  One that I can get done and if it has been a little ambitious or other things have come up, there's only one or two that I miss.  Only one or two feels so much better than the nearly thirty that it used to be.

So now in the mornings I get up, have a healthy and yummy breakfast cooked by The Man, shower, get dressed and start my work day.  I have lunch and dinner with my loved ones and a few short pop-ins during the day.  I'm here if serious cuddles are needed and get to peek in to find out what all the giggling is about.  I try to get computery-adminy things done in the morning and get onto the business of making stuff in the afternoon and evening.  The hours are still long but you know what, I think with just a little hard work... maybe I can make this happen!

How about you?  Do you work from home?  Any tips you'd like to share?  Experiences?