The topic of our meeting last week was "Time." What would you do if you had more time in the day? I can think of many things. I know that I don't utilize all of my time well. I never have. I'm not disciplined when it comes to time management. I find it so hard to put my "free-time" on a schedule.
First, I need to say that being a responsible adult, having a job, and living to pay bills just really screws up the time factor, and the fun factor of life! I like my job, but a lot of time is spent there, and even more when you include the time spent driving to and from work. Today, as I sit here at work, I think about the things I need to be doing, and the things I want to be doing. As you probably have guessed, I'm not thinking about work. You can see that I am thinking about, and writing this blog. It's important to me, and I haven't done it in a while. It has slipped through the cracks, as I have many other things going on.
Of course, I need to clean the house, do laundry, and all of that "not-fun" stuff, and I am really good at procrastinating on that, because, again, there are other things I would rather be doing. I want to be working on my art. I have orders to fill, and I seem to have the creative fever more often, when I can't utilize it! I have books I want to read. I want to get my knitting out again. I want, and need to be exercising. I'm sure the list could go on, and on. Just give my mind a few minutes to slow down, and the list will continue to grow.
The new fall TV season is starting, and there is more TV that I want to watch, than I did over the summer. I probably watch too much TV, but I do record all of my shows, and binge-watch, when necessary. I don't live in front of the TV (although the idea of sitting in the recliner for long periods of time, also distracts me from the other things I need, and want to do.)
So, how do I best utilize the time I have? How do I make more time in each day? I already get up early every day, pretty much at the butt-crack of dawn (excuse the terminology), and try my best to get up at least 30 minutes earlier than I normally would, to get my exercise in, first thing in the morning. Exercising after work eats up a lot of time, that I feel like I could, and should, be doing other things. Therefore, I am able to talk myself out of something I need to be doing, to make the choice to do something else. But, now that I am training for a 5K, there are a couple of evenings that I train after work. This is something that I want to do, but that also means that something else probably will not get done that day.
I could stay up later at night, because I do go to bed early. Usually though, I got up so early, that I am hardly able to hold my head up after 8:00 p.m. (I keep the hours of an "OLD" person, I know!) I also don't sleep well, so sleep is important to me. So many times I want to watch Fatdag's live shows, and I just can't stay awake. I know that I miss so much, by going to bed so early.
I guess I could make a schedule, and set alarms, and only allow myself so much time for each activity, but I am just not sure how I really feel about that. Sometimes too much structure, totally overwhelms me. What if I am not at a good stopping place when the alarm goes off, to move to the next item on the list? What if it is time to work on a certain task, and I'm "just not feeling it?" I can't be creative on schedule. I can't force the inspiration. I guess I could rearrange my schedule, but, that also seems overwhelming.
I wonder if anyone else gets this overwhelmed with time management, and not having enough hours in the day. Is it just me? Probably not. I just wonder how others do it!
Always remember – YOU ARE AMAZING! Go out and make it a great day!
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