Can you stop my life, I need some sleep!
In a vain attempt to slow things down, I have just found myself getting increasingly busy. One of these days, something has got to give. Why is it that I always end up with three deadlines at the same time and have no idea why I can't just say NO to things? At the moment, I've got a wedding dress fitting on Friday morning, and three hours worth of ironing to fit in before tonight (I've got a hair appointment at 2pm and a dinner at 6pm) um where is that going to happen??? Then I've got some hand sewing to finish and to tidy my room for Friday - URGH! i think I"m just going to have to be delayed and then not stay till 11pm like I usually do on a Thursday night. So, it looks like I'm staying up until the early hours just to get things ready for tomorrow!!! Then I've got an exciting weekend planned:
On Friday I'm going to Christchurch to visit friends who had a baby in December - I haven't met her yet, so I'm going to pick out a nice cuddly teddy for her today.
On Saturday I'm up to London to visit my brother and folks, then back again to Reading in the evening.
On Sunday morning I'm playing in the Easter Service at church, so we've got an 8.30am start (but the clocks go forward, so I'm deprived one hour sleep!!!) OUCH!!! 7.30am start!!! Then I pick up a friend who is visiting for the day and we spend a riotous afternoon togehter until we go out to SALSA in the Evening where there is a live band till 2am.
Then Monday I'm going up to London to visit an Aussie friend and her husband...
So, when am I actually going to get a chance for a real REST? How do you define REST anyway? What happens when you stop all the DOING and just focus on BEING? I mean, what on earth does that mean anyway? BEING? Just sitting in a room with no music, no tv, not even reading or engaged in anything constructive. If only the weather was nice then I would go for a walk. You can't just BE when you're by yourself, can you???? I want to BE with my friends. I want to BE with those I love and who are important to me.
Does socialising count as just BEING?
On Friday I'm going to Christchurch to visit friends who had a baby in December - I haven't met her yet, so I'm going to pick out a nice cuddly teddy for her today.
On Saturday I'm up to London to visit my brother and folks, then back again to Reading in the evening.
On Sunday morning I'm playing in the Easter Service at church, so we've got an 8.30am start (but the clocks go forward, so I'm deprived one hour sleep!!!) OUCH!!! 7.30am start!!! Then I pick up a friend who is visiting for the day and we spend a riotous afternoon togehter until we go out to SALSA in the Evening where there is a live band till 2am.
Then Monday I'm going up to London to visit an Aussie friend and her husband...
So, when am I actually going to get a chance for a real REST? How do you define REST anyway? What happens when you stop all the DOING and just focus on BEING? I mean, what on earth does that mean anyway? BEING? Just sitting in a room with no music, no tv, not even reading or engaged in anything constructive. If only the weather was nice then I would go for a walk. You can't just BE when you're by yourself, can you???? I want to BE with my friends. I want to BE with those I love and who are important to me.
Does socialising count as just BEING?
posted by Soaring @ 8:07 am
1 Comments:
At 12:39 pm,
Tom Reindl said…
Yes, socializing does count as just being. There are just times when our body and mind is telling us, "Don't ever overload me like this again, or you'll pay!" :)
Time management is one of the hardest things for people to do, because we all want to seem busy, like we are important enough to have people NEEDING us to be there for them. But for myself, I can't help but feel as though it is my fault when I get too busy, like I am disorganized, and that's why I sometimes have no margin left over in time.
Get through the weekend, sparkly girl, and if you are still bothered by being busy, you can ratchet "activity" back. Good hope to you, sister. :)
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