During a discussion at lunch today, I came to a sad realization. I can't do it all. Earth-shattering, I know.
I want to be able to do more. But it really hit me this afternoon that no matter how much I want it, I can't manage to do everything I'd like. I'm not sure why I'm having such a hard time accepting this, but there you have it.
Outside of the "have-to's" that I'd be happy not doing (house cleaning, grocery shopping, bill paying, etc.) there are four big areas where I choose to spend my time: pleasure reading, baking, blogging, and watching tv. I can do two of them easily. I can generally manage three of them when things aren't completely crazy on the home front (say, with a new baby or a husband disabled by a bad back and unable to do ANYTHING. It's been exhausting.) All four just doesn't happen.
My preference would be to drop tv. Other than Colts games and Top Chef I could skip it all and not miss it. But L really prefers me to watch some with him in the evenings, and so I do. This month it's pretty obviously been blogging that's been ignored. Actually, it's been baking too but that's due to L's injury requiring so much more time from me.
I'm debating how to handle it. So far I'm leaning towards lumping reading & blogging and alternating them; one day I do one and then next day the other. Or more likely, two days reading, one day blogging. That should hopefully keep my reading needs satisfied and still keep me writing (because I don't want to stop).
What I really need to do is stop the aimless internet surfing which I find myself doing at times. Why do I do that?
3 comments:
Don't be hard on yourself, I do the same thing!
I hope L feels better soon. When he gets well, make him stop watching so much TV and video games, and make him read books to you instead. It would be so 1800s. You'd get to have books and time with him at the same time!
@Jennifer - thanks. Good to know that I'm not the only one. I have been catching myself lately as I find myself starting to surf aimlessly. And more importantly, stopping myself!
@Susan - Thanks for a good laugh. That's just not going to happen. I'll be satisfied if he reads to G eventually.
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