I really do not have as much time as I think I do on a daily basis. Things always take longer than I think they will. Time passing is a constant surprise to me–as is the fact that my family needs to eat dinner every day. (Why aren’t they as satisfied with coffee and protein smoothies as I am?)
Today I am being focused after yesterday’s snowday combination of sledding and cabin fever. I actually worked and got things done, and yet it is not enough. I haven’t done half the things I thought I could do while My Kid is at school. Since I don’t have a real job (just that eclectic assortment of fuzzy free-lance artistic stuff) I’ve got hours… NOT. I was good today too. After I dropped My Kid off at school, I wrote in a coffee shop for two full hours. On the way home I bought a Backstage and saw a gig I might qualify for. When I got home I typed up a new resume (listing clown work and children’s theatre in a new configuration) and wrote a cover letter.
Now my time is up. I have to go pick up My Kid and I never cleaned anything. Whoops!
I have practised time management for so long now that I have finally got the hang of it. I must admit is was so hard at first though…At first whatever plans I made for the day I always seemed to get interupted from opening emails every 5 mins to using the telephone, even if I wrote down my schedule on a piece of paper. Now I have just learn’t that unless it’s urgent just leave it till later as it can wait.