Friday, April 01, 2011

Prioritizing....

Well, as most of you know, my life has changed quite a bit lately, with the birth of my first baby. This has been a bit overwhelming for me, as I do not take to change too well. But slowly I am working through things. One of the things I am working through and adapting to is the amount of free time on my hands. I used to have all sorts of free time, as I don't work, and I just had to tend to the household chores and had no kids to worry about. But now I DO have a kid to take care of, and so now have a bit less time to do all those lovely things I enjoy doing, like reading and stitching. Before Baby, I didn't mind frittering away the hours playing online, surfing and playing mindless Facebook games, and reading blogs and tweeting and reading others tweets on Twitter. However, now I am realizing just how precious time is. We are all only given 168 hours to spend in a week. Time is truly the one thing you can never get back. Once it's gone, it's GONE. So, just HOW do I want to spend my time? Of course I want to spend much time with my beautiful daughter as possible, but what else should I do to make those hours worth it? How will I get the most out of my time? And I have decided that a drastic cut in online time is going to have to happen for me! I find myself at the end of the day, frustrated because I didn't do the things I wanted to do, mostly stitching and reading (my two major passions, next to my family) and I think about how I DID spend my time, and usually it is wasted on the computer! So, with this said, I have decided that I will only be turning on my computer two days a week: Mondays and Thursdays. For a limited amount of time. Probaby just in the morning. So, this means that I will probably not be hitting as many blogs as I am used to. And for this I am sorry. I truly DO enjoy reading your blogs and leaving comments here and there, and seeing all your lovely projects, however, if I am to make each day count to the best of my ability I need to make cuts somewhere, and this is the only place I can see to do so (NOT just blogs, but the computer in general). I do hope you understand. I will be using this time more wisely (in my opinion) to get more stitching and reading done, and thus feeling alot more productive at the end of my days. I will still try to blog twice a week, to let you all in on what I am working on, since I love to share what I am working on!! But if you don't see me in your comments as much you know why. I am probably curled up in my easy chair with needle and thread, or a good book! Thank you all for understanding!!

7 comments:

Von said...

Good for you Lana! Believe me, I understand and salute you. :)

darlene said...

Remember you don't have to be the "best" at anything, Good enough is fine. Your house dosn"t need to be spotless and pizza and burgers are ok. And your baby does need attention but not only from you. Be good to yourself.

GoldenAngelsWorks said...

Do what is best for you and your family.

I am still trying to figure out time management and I now have 4 teens.

You are doing so much better at this then I am. More power to you!

Margaret said...

Very brave of you. lol! I need my computer fix every day! But yes, you do have to prioritize and I totally understand. Funny -- your favorite things to do are mine too! :D Enjoy yourself and that little baby of yours!

Joanie said...

Lana, it's good to carve out time for yourself, so don't give up everything that you love doing. I agree that the computer is a great time suck....and I've cut back too!Just be good to yourself and don't stress about not getting everything done on time and perfectly. You'll figure out the right balance.
Keeping you in my thoughts...

Blu said...

Of course it's important for you to figure out the right balance!
Everyone understands.

Lynn said...

I understand completely! There are times when I find that I spend far too much time on the computer when I could be doing other things that I enjoy. However I don't have any children at home now and when I did they were my first priority. What little me time that I did have I made sure that I spent doing what I enjoyed the most. Take care of yourself!