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Time Management
Nov. 29th, 2004 09:23 amMonday has arrived finally. Thanksgiving always screws up my internal clock since it feels either like a Sunday or a Saturday. The day is a bright and crisp fall day. The sky is that slightly darker blue than a summer sky. Caroline is basically back on her sleep pattern. She let it be known that she wanted to get up about 8:00. She woke up about 7 but played quietly in her crib for an hour.
I have been thinking about a lot of things. What I have gotten done in the past month and what I haven’t. The “haven’t” list is pretty large right now. That depresses me because it tells me that I did other things rather than what I should have been doing. I know that I can fritter time away with the best of them. At least I recognize the fact rather than blame others for the frittering. Recently I seem to have about 4 to 6 hours of really good energy to get something done and then I am not as sharp. Panic and deadlines seem to be my motivators rather than art and the wish to create. I carry a project in my head for quite a while. Working out the possible problems and solutions in anticipation of doing the project. Once I start then other things come up and eat time like little mice. I finally stay screw it all I am getting this done and leave me alone. I buckle down and get the project done in good time or panic time. Once I get it done I feel good about it but there is always this nagging “Coulda Woulda Shoulda” in my head. I really get mad with myself when the “if I had more time” fairy comes to visit my head. I had more time I just didn’t use it well. This only happens for personal stuff. When I am working on a job I have razor sharp focus and can organize just about anything in to manageable chunks and get them done in a timely fashion.
So today is a cleaning day. In fact I am declaring it a cleaning week. This will allow me to put everything else on hold until after Caroline’s Birthday. Then I will be able to do a little work on maintaining the house through the holidays. Now I have to put my plan into action.
I am grateful for dust cloths.
I have been thinking about a lot of things. What I have gotten done in the past month and what I haven’t. The “haven’t” list is pretty large right now. That depresses me because it tells me that I did other things rather than what I should have been doing. I know that I can fritter time away with the best of them. At least I recognize the fact rather than blame others for the frittering. Recently I seem to have about 4 to 6 hours of really good energy to get something done and then I am not as sharp. Panic and deadlines seem to be my motivators rather than art and the wish to create. I carry a project in my head for quite a while. Working out the possible problems and solutions in anticipation of doing the project. Once I start then other things come up and eat time like little mice. I finally stay screw it all I am getting this done and leave me alone. I buckle down and get the project done in good time or panic time. Once I get it done I feel good about it but there is always this nagging “Coulda Woulda Shoulda” in my head. I really get mad with myself when the “if I had more time” fairy comes to visit my head. I had more time I just didn’t use it well. This only happens for personal stuff. When I am working on a job I have razor sharp focus and can organize just about anything in to manageable chunks and get them done in a timely fashion.
So today is a cleaning day. In fact I am declaring it a cleaning week. This will allow me to put everything else on hold until after Caroline’s Birthday. Then I will be able to do a little work on maintaining the house through the holidays. Now I have to put my plan into action.
I am grateful for dust cloths.
