The one thing I need to do, though, is improve my sense of organization at home. I somehow manage to get most things done each day, or at least the most immediate: cooking, groceries, charity crafting, getting my "nephew" to and from work, this blog, my Etsy shop, and commitments here in our senior mobile home community.
But I am very disorganized these days. I make lists, only to lose them in the clutter, or to just plain ignore them. Some lists are on scraps of paper. Some are on small tablets (I have several of these started!). Some are on my computer. Some are automated email reminders to myself.
I know that the Lord trusts me to accomplish a lot more than I am doing. It's not that I cannot do the things on my list(s). It's that I am not budgeting my time very well.
I realize that I got off-track when my dear old friend, Jane, passed on in Feb. of '09. After several years of 24/7 care giving, my routine suddenly changed. Then my dear sis passed on in Dec. of '09. Again, even though she was in another state, we were in touch daily, sometimes several times a day, and suddenly those needs stopped. So I completely understand that part of my lack of focus is the sudden end to some severe care giving issues.
What I need now is a fresh start to my daily routine. I might not be able, given my current circumstances, to stick to a rigid schedule. For example, I know I cannot be sure that I can do, say, my blog posts, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. each day. But I do know that I can budget my time by chunks. Perhaps half-hours, or hours, would be smart.
It would feel so good to look back at the end of each day and see that I have finished some things that the Lord trusted me to do.
Father, I need your help, big time, here. Guide me, please, in the way I should go, so that I may do what you trust me to do each day, and yet that I may do it serenely and confidently, rather than in the hectic, disorganized way that I am doing it now.
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