There is never enough time. NEVER. I find I’m accomplishing more than ever but am still out of time long before I’ve gotten finished with my tasks. Heaven forbid I should take some time for me…
How do you single moms (and dads) out there do it?
I mean, it’s Saturday night and I have just completed two writing assignments but am staring down the barrel at ten more… I have laundry to fold, clothes to wash, dry, iron, a kitchen to clean, a floor to vacuum (wow, do dogs SHED!), guests coming into town in week, another guest here for a while, end of year pell mell at work, stressed about money and the cost of heating this basement condo… and I can’t even find time for a haircut.
I’m tired. And I’m stressed. And shouting, “CALGON TAKE ME AWAY!” in the subway just doesn’t work anymore. Just once, I’d like to relax and enjoy the holidays. Would that be too much to ask?
So what I’d like to know is, what are your mini-stress-busters? Besides ice cream. I’m already resisting the temptation to make orange cream gelato tonight. Though I think I’m going to lose the battle I’m waging against the idea of home-made cinnamon buns.
April… unfortunately, the time every night where I just stop?
Is 1AM.
*headdesk*
I’m struggling with the same problems right now. But there comes a time every night where I just stop. If the girls are in bed, the lunches are made and the coffee pot’s set for tomorrow, I can be done already and kick back for a while or just go right to bed. And I agree with your comment, too – soon enough, it’ll be Jan.!
Anna and Mandy, thanks. I’m only now finished with all I have to do and really, is there time to do anything I want to do? Nah.
And I’m not procrastinating anymore, either. I ask you, how is this possible?
But stuff is going out of the house, and I’m just going to breathe, put one foot in front of me, and make it through this year and onto the next, best thing!!
December is always this way for me. My son’s birthday, school performances (both mine and his), holidays, shopping and traveling on top of all the other stuff I normally do.
You are not alone.
When I get overwhelmed, I try to focus only on the next task at hand. I just finished a performance with the Chorale I belong to, and the next big thing is my own students’ concert on Tuesday (Ok, in reality there are a million and one things I have to do before Tuesday, like take the car to the shop tomorrow morning, go to work late, and hand deliver some forms to another school, and oh yeah, my son’s holiday concert is tomorrow night, too, but you get the idea). I put the blinders on for anything after Tuesday. Once that concert is done, I can concentrate on the boy’s birthday on Thursday and his party on Friday. Next weekend I can concentrate on the bills and the rest of the Christmas shopping/wrapping/etc…
AND realizing I am ONE human being, and if something falls by the wayside, it will not be the end of me or us or anything…
I hear you! I look at my friends and sometimes wonder where they find the time, and the energy, to do all that they do. I think most of the time I over-estimate what I can done in a day and there are always tasks left over. My only advice would be to look at your list and those tasks that can be put off (like ironing?) put as a low priority and then prioritize the others by deadline. Are there any tasks your child can help you with? May be your out-of-town guests would be happy to make their own beds? I’ve found that when I have asked for help, it is freely given. And asking for help isn’t a sign of weakness.