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Do your days go fast?

Amuseme
Amuseme
Mine fly by. Granted I sleep 10hrs (get up around 10, and then use another 90min to eat, shower, and do yoga. By that time it's about 11- 11:30. Then I go from one thing to the next stopping for lunch at three and starting to prepare dinner around 7. Depending on what I'm making it can take up to 90 to cook, eat, and clean up. Down time begins around 9 and bed is just before midnight.

That leaves about 8hrs for everything else and it goes so fast even when I'm not seeing a client.

Today: (got a late start- around 12:30)

cleaned my place- 90 min
a load of wash
phone conversation- 30min
reviewing personal expenses- 30min\
on here 30min


It's now 4pm- I'm feeling tired and have a slight headache, but I'd still like to get these things done:
I may have to lie down first; very frustrating to have such health limits! I feel like an old person!

send holiday e-cards (business); I don't send them in general
phone call- 1 hr.
online business stuff-1hr
course work- 1hr
dinner (not sure yet what I'm making)


I'm such a low achiever. I have to live under a "glass ceiling"....always making due with my energy limits.
Nester4U
Nester4U
Gosh, you seem like a super-woman to me!! you are no low achiever Amuse!!
dobiedots
dobiedots
Where do you get the energy? I don't get up til 1-1:30pm. And then I do nothing. Literally. I wish I could do things but I honestly don't seem to care.
How can you slow your day down so you have more time?
Amuseme
Amuseme
Thanks Nester. I know a lot of people who are typical Americans and work and produce much more tangible results than me. I try not to compare myself, but as a professional it's difficult.

What could I do to slow it down? Relax!!!!
iam30113
iam30113
If I wake up after 12, yup. It just flies by. I only get to sleep that late on weekends and holidays though.
chilvr
chilvr
i'm an early bird, usually up by 5, bed around 9 or 10. my days are generally full with work and household things and usually fly by. i often have things left on my to do list at because i allow myself to get sidetracked by things like ds or reading a book. oh well, can't do it all.
hugs and puppy kisses
Suninbloom
Suninbloom
I'm like dobie .. I'm up around 1:30 pm... I got to bed late and don't fall asleep until around 3 sometimes 4 a.m.. Time zooms by.. before I know it it's dark out again and it's depressing somewhat. I'm moving in January and I hope to change my schedule as much as possible.
Amuseme
Amuseme
wow, that would be depressing to see just 1 or 2 hrs of daylight.

I like when I take it as it comes to Chilvr.
chris138
chris138
The older I get, the faster they go. Its like I stepped into an age accelerator!!! lol
darkenedheart
darkenedheart
I am so bored and the days drag and I feel useless. I wish I could work.
MayB
MayB
The days seem to fly by...

A part-time job and an internship take up 4 days of the week. Friday is a big catch up day and a bounce to another house. I live out of two.

Too much to do esp at this time of year!
Halterbroke
Halterbroke
I have been taking a lot of down time and me time in the past couple of weeks. Actually the days go by pretty quickly while I'm being self indulgent. Get up, doodle around making coffee and feeding the animals, go do my midday dog walk, come back, take a long hot bath and read a book, work on my scrapbook, make dinner, tv time, bedtime. I usually go to bed around 9 and get up at 6 or 7. I haven't really been keeping up with housework, and the gym has totally fallen by the wayside. Some days I'm in my pajamas for most of the day except when I have to leave.
Amuseme
Amuseme
What a leisurely life!
rosiestorm
rosiestorm
My days seem to fly by!
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