I have let some time pass between postings and I pondered last night as to
why. I reflected upon all the tasks I wished to complete from day to day. Some
of them are completed and some are not. Those are usually short term tasks and
writing for this blog is a long term thing. So I had to think of those
activities that required daily or weekly effort. If I took time to write those
activities down I would have quite the list. Write a book, draw, photo albums,
preschool curriculum, exercise, crochet, read, home remodel, garden, yard work,
the list can go on and on. I could only come to one conclusion; I have too much
that I want to do.
On top of it all I have three beautiful daughters to care for each day and
balancing my time with them and with tasks I want to do isn't always even. Most
often time with them wins out, and that is probably a good thing, but I am
sometimes left with a sense of failure as I have started yet another project I
can't finish.
I find that I get really excited to start a new project like this blog or
exercising. I do really good for a week or so and then something else becomes
more important. As I neglect the projects I had been so excited about I feel a
bit guilty that my time is going somewhere else and I have one more project I haven’t
completed or kept with. Earlier this year I was really excited to write a book.
I spent a month putting ideas on paper and even have three chapters written.
Once summer hit, yard work and gardening took over. I have looked at my book
once or twice since then but haven’t returned to work otherwise.
I have chair covers that took me over a year to complete. I made half of
them within a day and then the material sat while other activities took
priority. The really sad thing is, I actually had the other half cut out and
pinned ready to sew. When I finally sat down to finish the project it took me a
whole of three hours. How pathetic I feel when I know I am leaving simple tasks
unfinished.
How do you manage to stick to it? I need help on that one. Jeremy tries to
focus my mind and remind me of the project I have been working on. He always
uses house work as an example. He can clean a room and only work on that one
room. When I clean a room while returning toys or dishes to where they belong,
I also stop to pick up a few things in the other rooms I enter. I try to stand
up for multi-tasking but maybe he has a point. What are your suggestions?
2 comments:
Yeah your family takes time from your "want to" tasks, but those girls are your tasks. Every time they reach a milestone or solve a problem or make a correct decision, TASK COMPLETED. Good job.
It's sad to see when the task\job\career become more important than the real task, "the Children". When you get old like me and the kids move on, you'll have more of the me time tasks, of course I miss my little kids. hehe
I find that when I have improper planning (Planning hard to do with kids) things get chaotic. Example, I have changed my eating habits, and added exercise to my life. The result, loss of 50 lbs. When I fail to plan each week in advance, I eat loads of junk and jaja, you get the point. Planning is the key for me. If I put to much in the plan, I am running faster than I have strength. (Word of Wisdom) Now I am beginning to ramble on, so I'm done.
So True! After conference yesterday and a visit to the temple I am more determined to plan better. As you say, my girls are my work right now, and if I plan ahead I can involve them in a lot of the tasks I wish to accomplish.
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