What to say…

One week.  Yay! One week!  Hmmm... one week and I've no idea what to write about today.  Or at least what to type here that stays on my topic of cutting down the clutter in the house.  So, I'll start with that and see where my post takes me.

I've made little (very little) progress in the "Room of Doom" this evening, too many events taking up my too little time.  I'm trying to stay positive and stay motivated.  This whole thing takes time.  Time, that's one thing we all have the same amount of.  There are 24 hours in a day, no more, no less.  Budgeting and distributing time properly seems to be a difficult task.  Or at least it's difficult for me.

There's a line from Jim Croce's song Time in a Bottle; "there never seems to be enough time to do the things you want to do, once you find them."  I think I get more meaning from those words the older I get.  Is there ever enough time?

I want to be at my kids' school events.  I want to volunteer.  I want to be involved with our church.  I want to get the back yard cleaned up before winter arrives.  I need the paycheck from my job.  I need to go back to school.  I need to make dinner.  I need to sleep.  I need to publish this post!

All these things take time.  I'm not sure I'm spending the time I have the best way possible.  I know that these days, I view my job as my employer compensating me for the hours I spend doing my job.  That might seem straight-forward, but I believe I held a different view not so long ago. 

I used to look at the job I was doing being worth a certain amount of money.  Recently, I've taken the perspective that time is a limited resource.  Simliar to money, there's only so much of it to be spent throughout the day.  My limited amount of hours can be "spent" on things for me and my household, or they can be "spent" doing a job for someone else.  How much is our time worth?


I guess I've asked more questions than I've answered tonight.  Maybe I can read some articles and get some organized thoughts to share here. Tomorrow is another day.  Twenty-four more hours to spend!  (^: