But now that I am working and running a household, starting a small business and raising a daughter, while my husband is in school full time and working I really need those books. I have read even more books and web sites the past couple years on time management and organization from a working perspective. And I am trying to figure out our life and how to plan so everything still gets done.
It is a juggling act. I am slowly figuring out what is important and what can wait. I am re-discovering the importance of a to-do list in keeping me on track. However, what I have not figured out is how to re-arrange the schedule when something comes up. I realize now how much margin I had in my life when I was a homemaker compared to now. This week was a good but full week. I had meetings, appointments, time with friends, time for paperwork and time to run a couple errands all scheduled in.
Then I got sick.
I am not really that sick, just a cold, but I wanted to be sure I slept well Tuesday night so I took some nyquil before bed. I forget how sensitive I am to drugs, I should not have done that. While I was sickest Wednesday I could have pressed forward, I have been much sicker and worked, but I couldn't push out of my nyquil fog. I slept until after 1pm and it was another couple hours and some food before I finally was able to get in the shower so I could meet clients at 5pm. I might have tried to run my errands after that meeting but we were having one of those not so unusual April snow storms and all I wanted to do was get back home.
The problem is I literally do not have another free moment to run errands again until Saturday. And while we have food and John can wait 2 more days to shave his head, I had planned to buy Easter cards to send my son and daughter-in-law so they received them before Easter. I could have sent them on Thursday and possibly still gotten them on time but Saturday...Definitely will be a late Easter gift.
Now this is hardly an end of the world problem. I suppose if it was I would have stayed out in the snow storm wednesday night and got it done. But what it reminds me of is how little margin I have in my life right now.
One day at a time as I slowly begin to get organized and make a plan I am seeing how all those books on being an organized homemaker, all those classes on time management I took when I had lots of time to manage are now so relevant and helpful in my life as I learn to find that time and create a little margin. I am thankful for the stage of my life where I had time to learn to organize my time.
And as I am praying for revival in my family, starting with me, I love how even something like managing your time is a topic God has addressed. Yesterday I was reading in Prov 16 (on April 16, get it?):
"To man belong the plans of the heart but from the Lord comes the reply of the tongue." v1"Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed." v3"In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps."v9"Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed." 15:22 (from the 15th reading.)
As I sit down this weekend to finally catch my breath, after running those set aside errands, and start making plans for next week, I am reminded to let the Lord look over my plans and continue walking forward with Him through this crazy busy but wonderful stage of life we are in.
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