Time Management Support Group
This community is devoted to helping those looking to improve their time management skills. Time management is commonly defined as the various means by which people effectively use their time and other closely related resources in order to make the most out of it.
I'm so lost and confused and I really have to sit and examine WHY?????
I mean, I am so frustrated that I make lists of what needs to be done and I can't seem to get anything done at all. And all this leaves me wondering about my life......what I'm doing, am I supposed to really be doing? I believe it to be, yes. But I am so unhappy and irritated. I have things I want to do and NEED to do....I have household things, kid related duties, etc.
I WANT TO DO MY PLAQUES, MY WOOD CARVING AND WOOD BURNING, I WANT TO READ, RESEARCH & LEARN, I WANT TO DO MY COUNSELING COURSE! These all NEED to do this stuff and WANT TO!
I've tried list making and I've tried using the hour/appointment list making method which was worse because something always took more time than I thought or an interruption threw it off so it seemed I was even further behind with even less accomplished. I returned to traditional list making. HOWEVER, it gets thrown off CONSTANTLY.
I list my "to do's" in priority order (1) Daily Bible Study for 1 hr (2) Discipleship Course (3) Ministerial Counseling Course (4) any calls that require to be made (5) household things such as dusting, etc. (6) appointments I have to keep.......You get the picture, PRIORITIZE!
I'm just lost. I want to go back to bed, cover my head and scream, BUT I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT!
Today, I really thought today I would get caught up on my schooling (#1--#3) but babysitter backed out and I have grandson.
Now, I ADORE MY GRANDSON, but today was to be my day to actually get stuff done and a hair cut to boot! Instead, he's sick, runny nose, feels crappy, probably teething, so I sat rocking and conjoling till he finally crashed. Rushed to do my dishes and finish doing my book coverings (I use clear contact paper to protect my special books) and now I am playing phone tag with the pharmacy since this AM.
My family states "if you didn't do all that volunteer stuff" BUT HONESTLY, I ONLY DO APPX 3 DAYS PER MONTH!!!!!!! It's my family/household demands that keep my life so screwed up and the life sucked out of me. I crawl to bed at 10 PM and if lucky asleep by 11 PM and I get up about 4:30 AM or 5 AM. I get the boys up at 6 AM and out the door to school by 6:30 PM. Well, if you read my entry "Did I pass myself?" at DS journal you'll know what some of my to-do's are and that's just 2 hours. Then my family wonders if I am grumpy once in a blue moon!
I just want off this "merry go round" and have a life that matters instead of running this treadmill life I'm living. I find myself getting very down over it all. On top of this I REALLY NEED AND WANT TO REPAINT MY KITCHEN.
I'm also paying for driving all day yesterday and knew I'd be down for 2 days because of that. Now I am down due to the all day driving and will be down another 1-2 days because of watching grandson as Dr. said not to do it any longer my back can't handle it. And yes, I am in P-A-I-N!!!
OK, gotta run. Grandson is still sleeping so I might get the pharmacy by now. I can only pray he sleeps a little longer and I can at least have a quiet cup of coffee.
I mean, I am so frustrated that I make lists of what needs to be done and I can't seem to get anything done at all. And all this leaves me wondering about my life......what I'm doing, am I supposed to really be doing? I believe it to be, yes. But I am so unhappy and irritated. I have things I want to do and NEED to do....I have household things, kid related duties, etc.
I WANT TO DO MY PLAQUES, MY WOOD CARVING AND WOOD BURNING, I WANT TO READ, RESEARCH & LEARN, I WANT TO DO MY COUNSELING COURSE! These all NEED to do this stuff and WANT TO!
I've tried list making and I've tried using the hour/appointment list making method which was worse because something always took more time than I thought or an interruption threw it off so it seemed I was even further behind with even less accomplished. I returned to traditional list making. HOWEVER, it gets thrown off CONSTANTLY.
I list my "to do's" in priority order (1) Daily Bible Study for 1 hr (2) Discipleship Course (3) Ministerial Counseling Course (4) any calls that require to be made (5) household things such as dusting, etc. (6) appointments I have to keep.......You get the picture, PRIORITIZE!
I'm just lost. I want to go back to bed, cover my head and scream, BUT I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT!
Today, I really thought today I would get caught up on my schooling (#1--#3) but babysitter backed out and I have grandson.
Now, I ADORE MY GRANDSON, but today was to be my day to actually get stuff done and a hair cut to boot! Instead, he's sick, runny nose, feels crappy, probably teething, so I sat rocking and conjoling till he finally crashed. Rushed to do my dishes and finish doing my book coverings (I use clear contact paper to protect my special books) and now I am playing phone tag with the pharmacy since this AM.
My family states "if you didn't do all that volunteer stuff" BUT HONESTLY, I ONLY DO APPX 3 DAYS PER MONTH!!!!!!! It's my family/household demands that keep my life so screwed up and the life sucked out of me. I crawl to bed at 10 PM and if lucky asleep by 11 PM and I get up about 4:30 AM or 5 AM. I get the boys up at 6 AM and out the door to school by 6:30 PM. Well, if you read my entry "Did I pass myself?" at DS journal you'll know what some of my to-do's are and that's just 2 hours. Then my family wonders if I am grumpy once in a blue moon!
I just want off this "merry go round" and have a life that matters instead of running this treadmill life I'm living. I find myself getting very down over it all. On top of this I REALLY NEED AND WANT TO REPAINT MY KITCHEN.
I'm also paying for driving all day yesterday and knew I'd be down for 2 days because of that. Now I am down due to the all day driving and will be down another 1-2 days because of watching grandson as Dr. said not to do it any longer my back can't handle it. And yes, I am in P-A-I-N!!!
OK, gotta run. Grandson is still sleeping so I might get the pharmacy by now. I can only pray he sleeps a little longer and I can at least have a quiet cup of coffee.
Well, I think gizmo is the culprit?????
here is a song for you ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA5bvQP1bdw&feature=related
Been doing okay with the list.
SBOFFOLI - FORGET LISTS! I only make lists of things I need to do to REMIND myself as I have many interruptions in my life and forget what/where I was at. THE LISTS ARE GUIDE LINES NOT RULES OF LIFE. I also have a "normal" daily to do list, mop, dust, etc. THEN THERE ARE THE LONG TERM LISTS like study my Ministerial Counseling Course, Bible Study, etc. See? AGAIN - THESE ARE ONLY TO BE REMINDERS NOT CONTRACTS.
Still looking for that answer at (#)50 huh? hehe
And wow great you queen of cool crafts! That room sounds nice. Hope you'll post a picture! Big hugs atacha!
I am really trying hard to learn "juggling" with my list. I've dropped ALL my volunteering stuff to just assist a support group who contracted me to do grant writing and assist with other issues as they arise.
I feel lighter already. I finally listened to the good Lord when He said, "What did I give you to do?" I counted 3 things and then heard Him say "The rest YOU put on your plate." OUCH. So I got rid of the rest, just kept the best.
Still doesn't totally solve the juggling but at least there is less to juggle.
Ya know, sometimes I think there's this cool "less is more" approach to inspiration.
I'm in WV and this state is next to last in the 50 for most everything except crime. No crime cause we're all in the same boat. LOL
We each need to keep borrowing the other's oars. ROFLOL
But I don't know if I can agree with you on the money. I think if I had a lot of money, I'd know whether someone were after it.
And I'm not convinced about the coffee either, but hey, if you had enough of it maybe you could trade it in for a new boat.
Oh, if I had tons of money, I'd take care of what I call "crack people". You know, they can't get help because they make $1 too much and so that makes them "rich" and yet they are to poor to really be "rich". I've seen it dozens of times and that's why I help get people cheap prescriptions, assist getting free help, etc.