Too many "to do's" means I don't!

I hate to do lists, not because I am lazy and don't want to do anything but rather because I never know what to do first and I end up staring at the list for ages caught up in some funky kind of decision paralysis...Which “to do” is the most important? How do I start? Am I able to do it with out other preparation? And gods forbid there is preparation needed because that is a whole other list of things to do!

I just don't know how to work my way through a list of chores or obligations, I find it overwhelming to have too many things to do and prioritising them makes it worse. show me a list of things to do and I instantly turn from a highly motivated girl with a “can do” attitude to a stuttering fool incapable of even the simplest action.

It isn't just a written list that gets me either, my brain has a list of things I should be doing and it often makes me just want to crawl under a rock and ignore the world. Of course it probably doesn't help that my darling brain starts listing things while I am in bed or busy doing something else. My beloved brain also almost always insists its list is of the utmost importance and must be done now...right now...even though it is 11:30pm!

For the last week I have had so many things I want or need to do and have not been able to achieve anything. I want to finish one of the many, many books I have started reading, finish editing my WIP, write my blog, arrange a time to catch up with our friends to play some games and do something towards the organisation of my wedding...oh yes and Mr Saunders and I are on holidays in a week so I have that to think about too!

As a result I have done nothing but go to the day job and come home all week, I don't know what to do first or how to work my way through the magnitude of some of these things, how is it possible that I got myself into the predicament of reading over 10 books at once anyway?

Organising a wedding to be held in Brisbane while you are working mega hours in Mount Isa is a whole to do list in itself and I just don't know how to go about finding florists and hairdressers when I won't meet them until one week before I get married. Luckily Mr Saunders has taken over planning the honeymoon and most of our looming holiday, I just sent a message to my amazing friend to catch up next weekend and pouring my anguish out on paper has given me my blog. So it really is just the big things left, the ones no one can help me with.....so maybe the first thing on my “to do” list should be stop staring and do something!

How about you? Do too many choices leave you with decision paralysis?