I feel like I ought to be doing more. I have this idea that I should never lounge around, doing nothing, especially when there are things that need to be done. How can I rest when my kitchen floor is filthy and the dishes aren’t washed? Not that I don’t rest. I do. I just feel horrible guilt for doing nothing when I could be doing something.
I want to accomplish more but the days get away from me like an inflated balloon released before it’s tied. I bet you were picturing a balloon gently floating into the sunlit sky, but no. It seems that’s how a day ought to disappear, a gentle lift toward the horizon, but my days careen in a crazy orbit leaving a mess behind.
Is it just me? Why can’t I seem to keep up? At time like these, I tell myself that the Key to Success is decluttering. If only I threw away all the old magazines I will never read, my life would sit quietly and stop barking at me.
A girl can dream–but only if she sleeps. Good-night.
December 9th, 2009 at 2:50 am
I think we live parallel lives, the difference being you’re raising kids and I’ve got a hand in raising grandkids. Read this and you’ll see:
http://missykrissy2005.blogspot.com/2009/12/day-in-life.html
Funny how we both wrote about basically the same thing.
December 9th, 2009 at 9:19 am
Oh, you and me both! I just finished a big, big project two weeks ago, and I am trying now to clear up all that I was ignoring for the last several months. And boy, I just don’t wanna!! And there is always so. much. to. do. Sigh.
December 9th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
Some weekends my husband and I wander around our house and comment on how in the past we could blame it on the kids.
We have met the enemy.., well.., you know the rest…
December 11th, 2009 at 12:02 am
Hmm, I have the opposite problem– I look at the chaos building around me and don’t feel guilty enough as I drink my coffee and read blogs… I think you are right, decluttering is the key– so maybe I will sign off and go do some. Ugh.