You Cannot Slave For Two Masters
…for either you will hate the one and love the other or be devoted to the one and despise the other.
I’ve been quite busy these last few days pretending to be the grown up I think I am (I keep live plants as a reminder that I am a grown up), trying to prioritize things in my life and get more stuff done.
I haven’t blogged in a few days and not because I haven’t been thinking about it or haven’t had anything to write, I always have something to say. In fact, this morning I woke up composing this post in my head, a dream turned reality, words were just pouring out of my brain making it difficult to go back to sleep.
Truth is, I’ve been spending too much time on the web, more time than I need to be, going to bed late and waking up sleepy. I feel like I’m serving two masters and often times ‘hating’ one or anything that comes between my computer time. I’m unbalanced. While I do get some things done, I don’t feel like I’m giving the necessary, and more important, things the proper attention they deserve.
I’m a busy person with a lot of interests and I need to explore them all, that’s me: A jack of all trades and a master of none. The only thing I could come up with that might make this happen is some sort of schedule. So over the next few days I will be writing out some kind of schedule to help me manage my time better. I already have a mental schedule of when I will do some things, I just have to put it on paper. I think a schedule will lessen the anxiety of when something will get done if I break it up into smaller pieces rather than looking at pile of stuff to do.
I don’t know too many people who have a schedule or maybe even a to-do list, but if you do, please share your story with me on how you make it all work. If you don’t have a schedule, what works for you? Are you on top of stuff or have things fallen by the way side?
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My name is Valerie aka Natural and I will be writing about whatever is on my mind. I love teaching, dialogue, sharing and making people laugh. I never know what I'll share here but this is me, Thinking Out Loud.
I operate on a mental schedule …(some people would doubt the effectiveness..:)…) but I am swearing on a stack of trucking magazines I will put a proper schedule on paper…It was my New Years resolution in 1991 so I should get a move on….:):)
I have a schedule, two diaries and use my mobile phone to remind me of important things. But ignore it most of the time, forget to consult the diaries on a regular basis and so the more important things tend to get left to the very last moment. I sort of wish I was more organized, but truthfully I think I like the confusion and chaos
Hey Robert,
My mental schedule is not working as well as I want it to be. I did write out an easy schedule of the important things I want to get done on a weekly basis, some of them I accomplished yesterday! I want to keep it up.
Greetings to my UK friend Stirlyn
I wrote out a to-do list about 2 weeks ago and it’s somewhere in a bag, lol. I know what you mean about the confusion and chaos…SOMETIMES, it works better than when you actually plan stuff. I however, don’t like to do things in a rush. I enjoy being mellow, but so efficient it doesn’t seem like work. I’ll get there, again.