Setting Our Own Schedules In Our Race Against Time
Our priorities and scheduling in life
Are you a clock watcher? I am. Even though I am retired, I still do it. Why?
It’s just a habit, like drinking coffee. If you are used to drinking coffee, without it, you get a headache all day.
If you stop watching the clock, you feel your life is out of control.
Which would you rather drink coffee or smell roses?
Coffee gives you the “TO DO” attitude of life.
The A.M. is for scheduling for the long run. Do you have a list of what needs to be done?
By the P.M. are you frustrated that things didn’t get done? Do you have to reevaluate what is needed or wanted? Does it all just leave you tired and frustrated that things don’t get done?
When things are not done, then you feel you have a lack of purpose in your life. This causes a psychological wall. Sometimes when you schedule every little thing, you set yourself up for failure. You want instant gratification because that makes you feel good.
When things don’t get done, do you have the thought, like Scarlett O’Hara, in Gone With The Wind, “After all, tomorrow IS another day” (said in a southern accent, of course.)
Smelling Roses
By smelling roses I mean thanking God, the Universe, etc. for another day. Waking up every day and thanking whomever for another day so you can move, breathe, swallow, see, hear and taste and everything else that goes with living another day, every day.
Every day you have the chance to cleanse your mind, heart, and soul of any mean thoughts, deeds, or ideas. Every day you redirect to the stars your schedule.
Yes, there are things that have to be scheduled, school, doctor and dentist appointments, etc., but make an appointment with yourself and check-in. Actually, find out what is going on with you. When you know you can accept when things don’t go your way or you don’t get some things done. It is fine to put off items to a time when it feels better to get them done.
Jo Ann Harris is an author, parent, book devotee, writer, copywriter, and film fanatic. She is an autodidact who learns about everything and rows her own boat. She grew up and worked in Atlanta, Georgia, and lived there sixty years. She writes articles about love, hope, personal life stories, advice, and poems. She is a published author with an article published in Woman’s World magazine in October 2017.