October 30, 2012

Dear Heidi,

Do you have any advice on how to best handel an overloaded schedule? 

Sincerly,

TooBusy in LA

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TooBusy, in LA,

YES!!!! (Napoleon Dynamite style). My FIRST question!!! Too busy in LA, you are a real maverick, breaking into new and uncharted territory as you fly Amelia Earhart style in your old timely plane. I LIKE IT!

But have no fear! I have plenty of experience helping real people with their questions!! And spelling! But I think we BOTH know it’s merely a demonstration that you are one BUSY lady.  Oooh TooBusy in LA, you’re good!!

Which brings me to my helpful (you’re WELCOME) advice on how to handle an overloaded schedule. It can be taken in any order you please. Thank you for segueing into the first one!

Spelling. Don’t autocorrect your spelling on important correspondence and work documents. It is a clear demonstration to your colleagues and superiors that you are just TOO Busy. People will give you less work and responsibilities when they discover that you hav no tim to spel. No tim!!!

Delegate. Not with real co-workers, with various figurines you have at your desk. If they drop the ball, it’s their problem, not yours. (“Yes, but Gnomey was responsible for charting marketing trends in October. What? Well, I’m extremely disappointed he didn’t get this to you in a timely fashion.”

Downsize your to-do list. Take unnecessary tasks off your list. Like shooting pirate ship cannons, and bathing. Those things can wait.

Carrier Pigeons. Hire carrier pigeons to deliver items that would require you to get up out of your chair. You don’t have time for that s--, crap.

Carrier Hawks. Need to run work errands around town? Forget it! Attach the item to a sturdier carrier hawk with some money and a note to explain to the terrified recipient what exactly you need done.

Transportation: You live in LA I take it. Bad idea to save time. I would suggest looking into other forms of transportation that would allow you to get to work faster than driving. Hovercrafts, jet skis, and hot air balloons should do the trick.

Take time for yourself. It sounds anti-efficient, but there’s no way you can manage this busy schedule without first managing your sanity. Take 90-minute lunch breaks, and after that, just go missing for hours at time in the upstairs conference room. If people start asking where you went, just say you were looking for your sanity, and couldn’t find it. They’ll stop asking real quick.  

TooBusy in LA, hang in there with your busy schedule. But honestly, if you follow my advice, I don’t think your schedule will be that busy anymore.

Lata!!

-Heidi