- Unpack
- Leave the home-life chaos and go to work
- Try not to think about unpacking and rearranging furniture while at work
- Wake up in the middle of the night thinking about work
- Get up and unpack so you can stop thinking about work
- Think of all the people you want to call and catch up with
- Try to find times when you can hang out with old friends
- Try to find times when you can hang out with new friends
- Think of all the songs you’re supposed to have written by early March
- Unpack some more
- Buy cute patio furnishings for the back patio
- Try to find times when you can sit on the back patio
- Clean the house that you still haven’t fully moved into
- Plant plants and hope they don’t die
- Hang out with friends
- Think about apologizing to those you haven’t called or hung out with
- Go to work again
- Unpack some more
What do you do when you feel like you’re treading water?