I’m very big on to-do lists. I make lists for everything: groceries to buy, projects to do, cleaning to be done, etc. But I do get discouraged because it seems like I never cross off everything on my list! There’s always something left over. It’s like some cruel joke that, in my world, there are only 22 hours in a day.
But truthfully, we all get the same amount of time each day. It all depends on how we use it. Do you check e-mail too much, or are you spending more than an hour a day on AIM? Is Facebook part of your early morning ritual? (I admit, I have a serious Facebook addiction. I should probably get that checked out.)
Then there’s the flip side. We’re so focused on work and the kids and the husband (or boyfriend or girlfriend) that we don’t even do anything for ourselves. When you’re making those lists, make sure you schedule some “me time” in there too. Because if you don’t, you’ll be even more burned out at the end of day.
Getting it all done is a challenge, but you can do it.
Yep, the “to-do” lists are endless… and like you said, the majority of the time everything rarely gets checked off, just transferred to the next list. I think many of us suffer from the “super woman syndrome”, for us black women, that translates into the “strong black woman syndrome”. We just simply schedule in too many things for the amount of available time that we actually have.
In such a fast paced world its hard to slow down and actually make realistic daily goals/plans. Realizing that as a mother, there will ALWAYS be something to do, thus, there will ALWAYS be something left undone helps me out sometimes,
Know what you mean! Sometimes I can’t even cross everything off my grocery shopping list. Especially if I happen to be in the store on the day after the shipment of fresh goods comes in, and I have to wait another week, because I prefer to by fresh produce.
I guess that’s just life, there are no guarantees, just options.
Man Ms. Bar B, I am soooooooo feeling what you said!
Me time? What’s that? Oh, is that the time you get to sit down on the toilet and barely get finished before your baby is crying for you? The 5 min shower you rush through? Or the few spare minutes I have time to sit down and check/comment on my favorite website? 😉 Single mothers don’t get me time, sick days, naps when you need one, etc!
I know me time is a very hard thing to get, so I stopped looking at it in terms how long it is, but rather how often. You know what? This is too long – I’m just gong to have to write a post about it!