Time is a thing we all desperately want more of but is something we spend in the worst of ways; I don't recall who said it, or words to that effect, but I agree. I don't have enough hours in a day to complete everything I need to do, and it leaves me feeling out of control. I don't like to schedule every aspect of my life however with my mother's condition added to the all the other things I have on my plate I've had to; saying, I'm a little tied up would be a total understatement.
This image is one I took myself.
I've been thinking about time-management, where I might save some, or make better use of the time I have, realising that I've been wasteful with it. A few adjustments later and I was feeling much more settled.
I don't drink my morning smoothie in the shower, brush my teeth driving to work in the car and neither do I apply my makeup in the car on the way to work like I've seen others do, but with creative thinking I've saved a couple hours a day.
I included priority-management in my time-management thoughts and realised I was giving time and priority to things that weren't all that important. I've shuffled a few things sideways for later, I'm not neglecting them, just placed a lower priority on them determining they are less pressing than others, and the release of pressure that went with them has left more room for the more important aspects.
I value my life, it's the only one I have, and believe giving it importance is the best way to ensure it's a happy and fulfilling one.
The easy thing to do would be to cut back on the time I allotted for myself, and I've done as much over the last few weeks however, if I don't look after myself, I can't do so for others and with my mother's situation she needs me more than ever. With this in mind I let less important things go in place of taking time for self-care, physically and emotionally. It has energised and centred me at times when I was scattered and drained and it has helped prop me up, enabled me to push on.
I've recently told a few friends that I'm a little tied up and can't see them; it wasn't a lie, I needed to prioritise myself, needed time to feed my soul just a little bit. They understood and I'm lucky to have such lovely people in my life because over the next few days they arrived with pre-cooked meals to help take the pressure away from me for a few days.
Life is complicated and time is something we seem to have less and less of. I believe it's important to evaluate how we spend it, including prioritising the important things; I've burned the candle at both ends before and it never ends well.
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