My plate is very full until the end of March. I have accepted four contracts (one is due now and the other three are due at the end of March). I also have six long days of additional work scheduled, and a difficult trip to see my parents planned (8 days).

I have a lot of evidence from the past that I “can’t do” 8 hours a day of billable focused work and still take care of my household responsibilities, exercise. I also have a pattern of gaining weight when I take on these contracts. I’ve never taken on this much challenge in terms of billable work and I’m kind of freaking out about it.

UM-
c – contracts to complete 286 h of billable work by the end of March
t – I can’t do 8 hours a day of focused billable work
f – dread
a – buffer (food, alcohol, facebook, “supporting” others, “being spontaneous”), indulge in confusion about how to manage my time, look for evidence from the past that I can’t follow my work plan, think about how I have ADHD and can’t focus, don’t allow urges, think about what a catastrophe it will be if I don’t complete contracts by the deadline, convince myself that things that come up during the day are “urgent”
r – I don’t do 8 hours a day of focused billable work

IM- {trying to start with result here}
c – contracts to complete 286 h of billable work by the end of March
f – focused
t – it’s possible that I can do 8 hours a day of focused billable work {bridge thought}
a – do daily self-coaching to manage thoughts and feelings, plan to work on billable work before everything else (blogging, exercise, family responsibilities), allow urges to buffer, say yes to discomfort, say no to “urgent” interruptions, look for evidence that I can sustain focused work for 8 hours
r – I consistently do 8 hours a day of focused billable work