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I've apparently started NoBloPoMo - Like NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month) but instead of blogging I'm just... not blogging.
Bloggers I love are doing lots of great posting and I'm so enjoying reading it when I can. And then I also am feeling very pressed for time.
For instance, it's Thursday night. Thursday night is my Rachel night - where I can get things done. The things I want to get done are as follows
- Write a blog
- Update budget
- Buy school trousers for Lily as she's grown out of all.
- Buy a single airbed for future guests
- Take a shower
- Upload October photos to Snapfish
- Do grocery order (this is Andy's project, but he's out tonight and I'm adding some food)
- Wash kids school shirts so they have clean laundry for school photo day tomorrow
- Look at the month of November and map out all the sports I want to do and see if it makes sense and is possible
- Do a 10 minute stretch
- GO TO BED AT 9PM
The thing is... it's 8:10 right now. That list is clearly totally unachieveable in 50 minutes.
I feel like I constantly have a list of things to do that I constantly won't get to. I know that none of those things are super urgent, but I still wish I knew when I would have time to go through my list and get things done.
My new job is great, but I spend most of my time in work actually working (obviously I always did this, employer!) so I can't really make any progress on personal admin in work time
Fridays are twin days, and the big kids are only in school for 6 hours, and twins sleep for 2 hours, and I just don't feel an abundance of time or energy on those days.
Weekends are hard, with lots of young kids at lots of varying levels of energy. Generally if I do get an hour, I prioritize exercise over any admin.
This week I've been trying to get up earlier, at 5:30am again. I realized I had started sleeping until 6 or 7am and getting up at the same time as the kids which was not ideal for my general morning happiness. I know one could argue that I needed the sleep, but I was also going to bed later.
Andy and I had started watching a TV show together, which was super enjoyable, but I also became aware that I had added a 45 minute hobby into my day without thought. TV obviously has a low barrier to entry, but if I could somehow fit an evening show in with Andy every evening then I should probably be able to fit other 45 minute things into my day. And of all the things I want to do in the world, hanging out with Andy is high but watching TV is low. I decided to start going to bed at 9pm again (easier with the time change!) and that has been good for waking up in the morning but bad for hanging out.
Anyways, always chosing one thing or another. It just feels tricky and tiring right now.
I realized I haven't even posted since the twins turned 2! Can you believe it? I cannot. I love 2.
Are you enjoying NaBloPoMo? Are you feeling behind in everything? Can you write a blog about it so I can read it?
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