I try to avoid doing that, because my life is already so full of little things I need to do, but I'm not very good at it as I get overenthusiastic. I don't tend to forget things, but I can also be terrible at actually doing them, just because I always have so much to do.
And I have a weird prioritisation system, in which 'how much will I enjoy doing this thing' plays a big part because (1) that makes my life happier and (2) I get much more done that way. And I don't take offense at being reminded about things, but if someone reminds me about something it makes me look forward to the task less, because doing something in response to "get on with this" is always less fun than doing a slightly unexpected nice thing for someone, and so it makes me less likely to do it. And as I say, it's unlikely to be that I've forgotten, but that I've taken on too many things. Quite understandably, most people interpret this as 'taking offence' at being reminded.
I'm not quite sure what to do about this, apart from redoubling my efforts to take on less stuff. I've tried prioritising things strictly in order of how important/urgent/overdue they are rather than how much I'll enjoy them (or the effect of having done them), but it does make me significantly less happy and significantly less productive.
I could try not minding about being reminded, but I'm not sure how I'd set about that.
It does annoy me if I've politely explained I can't do their five minute job because I have about 100 five minute jobs I need to get done, and some of them are more urgent, and they keep banging on with "it'll only take you five minutes though, and I saw you making frivolous lj comments the other day, so why couldn't you have done it instead of that?" because if I never did anything relaxing and fun until my to do list was complete, I'd expire from stress within a week or so. That wouldn't be the case if it was something they actually needed urgently though.
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And I have a weird prioritisation system, in which 'how much will I enjoy doing this thing' plays a big part because (1) that makes my life happier and (2) I get much more done that way. And I don't take offense at being reminded about things, but if someone reminds me about something it makes me look forward to the task less, because doing something in response to "get on with this" is always less fun than doing a slightly unexpected nice thing for someone, and so it makes me less likely to do it. And as I say, it's unlikely to be that I've forgotten, but that I've taken on too many things. Quite understandably, most people interpret this as 'taking offence' at being reminded.
I'm not quite sure what to do about this, apart from redoubling my efforts to take on less stuff. I've tried prioritising things strictly in order of how important/urgent/overdue they are rather than how much I'll enjoy them (or the effect of having done them), but it does make me significantly less happy and significantly less productive.
I could try not minding about being reminded, but I'm not sure how I'd set about that.
It does annoy me if I've politely explained I can't do their five minute job because I have about 100 five minute jobs I need to get done, and some of them are more urgent, and they keep banging on with "it'll only take you five minutes though, and I saw you making frivolous lj comments the other day, so why couldn't you have done it instead of that?" because if I never did anything relaxing and fun until my to do list was complete, I'd expire from stress within a week or so. That wouldn't be the case if it was something they actually needed urgently though.