What's the better way to plan and schedule?

Scheduling. That's one thing I can definitely say I'm not good at. At rare occasions where I do make a schedule, I'm too obliged to complete it and lose the much needed flexibility.
Any small distraction can cause me big frustration.

日程を決めること。これはまずワタシが苦手だとはっきり言える。本当にたまに一日の事を計画すると、それに縛られちゃって必要なゆとりがなくなっちゃう。
小さな邪魔ごとが大きな不満になりかねない。

Today's tasks included going to the bank, do some paperwork and so on.
I wasn't feeling too good today, and my head was throbbing but there were things need to be done. However, not everything can be done by myself, sometimes there are more than one party involved in the task and put me on hold until they are ready.

今日やる事の中には銀行に行く事や、書類を書くこととか含まれてたの。
あんまり気分がよくなくって、頭もがんがんしてたけどそれでもやらなきゃいけない事があったのね。 でも自分だけで出来る事ばかりじゃなくて、時には関係者が他にいる場合ってあるじゃない。それでその相手が終わるまで待たなきゃいけない事とか。

"You can't just wait, you really have to hassle them to get things done on time." That's what people around me used to say.

「事を済ませるには待ってるだけじゃだめだよ。相手にプレッシャーかけないと。」ってよく周りに言われたっけ。

Only problem in it is, that I often forget to hassle them especially when I'm wrapped up in my own things.

Recently I started making something like a priority list, although one of which is most likely get dragged on by the other party and it could take like forever before it's finally done.

Probably it's not a bad idea to buy a scheduler.

唯一の問題はね、ワタシ自身が自分の事で手一杯になっちゃって相手への連絡を忘れちゃうって事 。最近、優先リストっていうのかな、作り始めたのね。大概その一つは他の関係者のせいで延び延びになっちゃって永久に終わんないんじゃないかって程時間かかるんだけど。
スケジュール帳買うのも悪くないかもね。

What I should make is a schedule with a 'contingency' plan, well I mean like an alternative plan, so as to stay calm whatever happens..

ワタシに必要なのは、「緊急」プランってか、変更プラン付きのスケジュール。そうすれば何かあっても慌てないでしょ。

On the day like today it's hard for me to stay focused and sharp, but in this way at least I should be able to minimize my frustration and confusion.

今日みたいな日は頭を集中してはっきりさせている事は難しいんだけど、それでもこうすれば不満とか頭の混乱を最小限に抑えられるはず。

Talking of which, I need to make a call first thing in the morning to give someone a reminder.

そういえば、明日の朝一で再確認の電話一本いれなきゃ。