Once again I find myself dealing with the one resource that ultimately is finite, time.
Every other commodity in life has no limits.
If I want more wealth, I have the ability to create that.
If it's my health ,I can eat better or exercise or seek medical assistance.
If I want more friends, I can just jump on Facebook and in minutes begin 100 new relationships.
I can't think of any other resource as finite and defined as time.
24 hours in a day,60 minutes in an hour.
There is nothing I can do to change that.
So when I find myself struggling with the idea that I don't have enough time, I have to remind myself that I have all the time that is available.
How I choose to use that time is ultimately the question.
I was asked to fill in for the other bus diver for the next 2 weeks while he is on vacation.
My response......No problem!
Yeah right!
Today was day 1 and before I knew what was happening, my day was slipping completely away from me.
In what universe did I think I could add 3 hours of driving plus almost another hour of back and forth to the center, and still accomplish everything else that I do on a daily basis?
It just won't or can't be.
24 hours....each made up of 60 minutes.
On Monday not only did I start a new cycle, I also committed to a very vigorous work out schedule.
To facilitate these workouts, I would have to carve out a little more than an hour each day .
One hour was manageable.
1 hour plus 3 hours plus 1 more hour for travel.....well you can do the math.
8 hours of sleep, plus these 5 new hours plus the 2.5 hours that I drive on a normal day, adds up to 15 1/2 hours.
Subtract that from 24 and we have a little over 8 hours to do what on a normal day takes me 13 or 14 hours.
Hmmm....maybe I could cut down on sleeping!
By noon on a day that started at 6:30 in the morning I realized that I would have to rethink my schedule and make some adjustments.
Bottom line is some things will have to wait.
Some things will be put on hold.
And some things will just not be possible.
Prioritizing and then scheduling is the only way to address this.
24 hours.... each 60 minutes long.
Figure it out!
And I will.
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