Monday, March 5, 2012

Time, wherefore have thou gone?

First off, it got pretty beautiful here over the weekend. It turned into spring. It was glorious. Our family spent the majority of it outside, taking advantage of the sunshine. Then reality set in. It's March. Freaking March. I know, it's only five days into the month, but it was just enough to let reality sink in. I have a month and a half until the baby gets here, and I'm nowhere near my writing goal.
Okay, so life gets in the way. There were outside forces at work that kept me from...well, my work. It sucked. I'm getting back into the game, but it feels like I have no time left at all before I don't have ANY time left for much of anything but baby and kid duty. I know, I got myself into this mess. And I'm super excited to have one last baby, but I feel time slowly slipping away from me.

Ever feel like that? Like the whole world up and decides to conspire against you by taking away those few precious hours of you time. My you time is filled with writing. And I don't have much left before the drops dry out.

You know, I just need to suck it up. At times, that's all you can do. Stop whining about all the things going against you and just get back to work. Take care of those things you need to (like family, work, house stuff) and make time for you somewhere in between. It may sound like an impossible task, but it can happen...if you let it.

7 comments:

  1. Hi Prerna, I gave you an award on my blog!

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  2. We've had yucky weather, but today it is beautiful! I love good weather. It just makes me a happier person.

    And I tagged you in a post today! Hop over and claim your prize!

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  3. Yes, I know what you mean! I didn't start writing in earnest till my kids were a little older, so I admire you. Yes, always put family first, the writing will fill in the gaps as you go along!

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  4. Just keep doing all that you can do, and you'll do fine! Good luck!

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  5. A month and a half! I'm so excited for you! I can't wait to see the pictures of the little one on your blog. I hope you reach your goal, but if not, at least you'll know it's because of a very important, wonderful reason.

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  6. Looks like you're pretty popular. I've also tagged you on my blog, details here: http://nickwilford.blogspot.com/2012/03/tagged-again.html

    Your writing isn't going to go anywhere, it might take a while to get back into it if you have a break, but you should definitely make the most of the time with your baby - I'm sure you know they get bigger before you know it... Good luck!

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  7. I know what you're talking about. I can write while the kids are at school, but yesterday I spent the whole day running errands, today I blogged, tomorrow I'm volunteering in my older daughter's school, and Thursday and Friday, my younger daughter's school is closed (so she'll be with me). Bye, bye precious writing time! Maybe next week . . .

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