new year refocus

Amazing that we're almost 2 weeks into the new year! I guess it's past time to take down the holiday lights! Ha!
It's been an interesting winter so far. Snow! I love it when it snows - how everything gets all soft looking and bright, and things get really quiet, and life kind of slows down as nature enforces some stay-at-home or go-play time. We were snowed in around here for a little while, even the university closed up! I made soup, and baked, and read books, and played with the cat, and cleaned closets. Okay - that closet cleaning did come pretty far down on the list! The phone went out for a few days (turned out the answering machine checked out on me and turned away all incoming calls!) So I was not only snowed in but incommunicado. And since it wouldn't last all winter -I loved it! In 26 years I don't think I've ever had a break that resulted in 100% personal time lasting for several days. A little disconcerting at first, but once you get past that, it can be very relaxing!

Now I'm reading seed catalogs and imagining a garden. What I wish I was doing was imagining finishing some projects at work but my productivity has been alarmingly low. It's been hard to get myself in gear lately and I'm not sure what's causing my lack of focus or motivation. It's at the point that I'm pretty far behind in the work and a few days out due to snow is not all to blame for that. How do you kick yourself into gear when you just can't seem to engage in what you need to do? I could really use some suggestions!