Friday, March 9, 2012

There's Always Time


I am a busy girl. My days are filled with uni work, homeschooling and music practices. My evenings are filled with choir practices, soccer, and other commitments. Sometimes it seems to be a struggle to find time to do anything else. With all that going on, how could I possibly find time to keep up with blogging, doodle and read? There's no way.

But there is.

I find that I have the most free time over the weekends, and in the evenings before I go out. Blogging goes in those times, with Blogger's lovely scheduling program to get the posts out on the right days at the right time.

Writing goes after dinner, even when I'm tired. It only takes fifteen minutes to punch out 500 words, and there's a funny thing about writing. Once you start, you don't really want to stop.

Doodling is easy to do while listening to someone reading, or watching an education movie. There are always odd minutes while watching something on the stove, or during morning tea.

Obviously it's easy to fit in a few pages of a book here and there. I never need to carve out time for that.

It's easy to say I'm too busy for these things. I could give up on blogging, stop writing, forget about doodling. But it feels so good to get to the end of a day, and know I've made the best use of every minute, got everything done, and kept up with my hobbies as well as work.

There's always time, if you only know how to look for it.

Do you ever find yourself getting so busy with work and study that it's hard to keep up with other things like blogging? Do you have to snatch every moment to make sure things get done? Or do you have the luxury of spare time (I envy you if you do)?

8 comments:

  1. I find myself snatching at time, too, Immy. It's amazing what you can get done in little bits of time here and there, isn't it? Though, sometimes, it would be good to have a few more hours in the day!

    The good thing about doodling - and knitting and crochet, etc - is that it's relaxing, I think. If we filled all our time with lots of active busyness, I think we'd soon be burnt out, don't you think? xx

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    1. I love having a few minutes to give to a soothing occupation like knitting and doodling. I'd add crocheting, but that's one skill I haven't managed to master yet.

      I agree, we always need a little time to rest during a day. Being busy all the time wears me out so quickly. Then I become Miss Cranky.

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  2. Thanks for this post, Imogen! I needed to hear this, a reminder that every minute is valuable and should be filled with worthwhile. Do you mind if I link to this in a post I would like to write about this very subject? God bless!

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    1. Arafea, You'd be most welcome to link to this post. I'm always happy to share my writing.

      It's only recently that I've really started appreciating my time and starting to make the most of it. Now there's hardly a minute in my day where I'm not doing something.

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  3. So true! I definitely have a problem with time management...I have such a propensity to just start staring out the window, doing nothing. What do you do to combat over-dreaminess, Imogen?

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    1. Generally I have a pile of things that sit on my desk, reminding me I should be doing things. It's hard for me to day-dream when there's a pile of uni books or art supplies calling for my attention

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  4. I totally want a watch like that. I finally have the time to leave comments, which is why I'm here now. I appreciate your ongoing support.

    (Not kidding - no TV, movies, games, nothing - just work, eating, sleeping, and writing, which is what I should be doing anyway, right?) :)

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    1. Both my brother and my dad have pocket watches. I am so jealous of them. They're just so Dickens.

      Work, eating, sleeping and writing are definitely what I should be doing too.

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