Finding time
Why do we waste so much of our life wishing for more time to do stuff (or is it just me). At the moment I want to spend all my time writing or sewing, not doing anything else, then there is the gardening...
Funnily enough we all get the same amount of hours in the day, just some people are better at it than others. I tend to waste too much of my time worrying about pleasing others and while I don't wish to become mean spirited I would like to become a tad more selfish.
Maybe we need to make shorter more realistic lists of what we want to do. After years of teaching people about SMART goals maybe I should practice what I preach. Instead of wanting to sew a whole wardrobe in a week I could try making half a garment. Hey that would give me two whole garments a month, probably more than I am achieving while wishing for time.
My mother had a saying "wish in one hand and spit in the other and see which one gets full first." I think she was telling me to get over it and get on with it. Maybe I should just make the time to take her advice.
Funnily enough we all get the same amount of hours in the day, just some people are better at it than others. I tend to waste too much of my time worrying about pleasing others and while I don't wish to become mean spirited I would like to become a tad more selfish.
Maybe we need to make shorter more realistic lists of what we want to do. After years of teaching people about SMART goals maybe I should practice what I preach. Instead of wanting to sew a whole wardrobe in a week I could try making half a garment. Hey that would give me two whole garments a month, probably more than I am achieving while wishing for time.
My mother had a saying "wish in one hand and spit in the other and see which one gets full first." I think she was telling me to get over it and get on with it. Maybe I should just make the time to take her advice.
posted by Patchworkpicklesandpigeons at 2:57 pm
1 Comments:
Ok, so I am trying to be a bit more selfish lately but then the guilt creeps in. It's certainly a no-win situation.
I am certainly going to try & focus on doing a bit of something rather than feeling bad because of not doing anything. Tonight I will write half my christmas cards & hopefully you will get yours soon.
Cheers!
Di
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