On Time

I need time management skills. There never seems to be enough time in the day to accomplish all the things that I want to do and I am beyond frustrated with myself and lack of ability to get. things. done. How do single mothers manage? What am I doing wrong? Is there some secret handbook other women (and some men) have been shown that details how to cram 48 hours worth of activity into 24 hours? How does one get inducted into that camp because I need to get my grubby little paws on that book, stat! Seriously, I'm going to have to completely reconfigure how I even think about getting things done, don't I? I'm so sick of having to change everything I am to accomplish what I want to. Why couldn't I have just been made right? Oh, well. How does one go about changing how they think about time???

On Procrastination

My tragic flaw, you know, if my life were a Greek tragedy, would be my habit of saying I'll do things in that nebulous 'later' timeframe. I have always been one to put things off to the last minute, starting a project the night before it was due, studying for the test as I sat in my desk waiting for the teacher to pass out the test, and even today,with my job, while it doesn't allow me much leeway to procrastinate, I still find myself stockpiling work to do when I have some 'free' time. I would really like to change this about myself. It's just not worth the stress I give myself, it's not worth the never ending loop of thoughts about what I have to do. I just need to do things as they come to me, and I would remove one more obstacle out of my way on the road to success. I'll work on this 'getting things done' attitude every moment that I can, instead of, you know, 'later.'