I am not accustomed to being busy. I enjoy life most when I have barely anything to do. If there is too much happening, I feel overwhelmed and a bit dizzy, and I tend to run in circles.
I have been weirdly busy lately and it is not my finest hour. I am perpetually confused: "Whose birthday is next and what cake was requested? Now what day is that rehearsal? And when does that family member come to town? And oh, my dear, the dates conflict! What shall we do?"
And then I throw my hand over my heart and collapse onto the sofa.
I have labeled and crisscrossed and color coded my calender, yet I remain in a state of disarray. Would a smart phone help? I mean, scribbling on a wall calender is probably so 1995.
I solemnly remember the days when I sat around wistfully hoping that one day I might be busy, and, now that I am busy, as I run around in circles, I wistfully hope that one day I might not be busy any longer.
Such is the way the world turns round.
Do you like keeping busy? If so, how do you manage your time? If not, do you prefer a more laid back schedule, you know, following the wind? :)
(Photo by David Shane)
(Photo by David Shane)
Well, back when I was a student and busy with homework and such, I usually just made a list of everything with dates and always had it handy. I had a planner for that but now I just use Microsoft Outlook's calendar and sync it with my iPhone. You can probably just use Google's calendar and just have it on a tab that's always up in your browser :)
ReplyDeleteHaha, this was so Hannah-ish. I love it. Just wait til I come home, then you really will be busy! :)
ReplyDeleteI get into weird moods. If I am perpetually busy, I get a lot done. But if it starts to slow down, then I become a completely lazy couch potato.
ReplyDeleteI loveeeeee being busy. I go crazy if I don't have enough to do, but the problem is that I often over commit myself because of it.
ReplyDeleteA lot of people I know keep track of everything by using a calendar app on their smartphone, and I do have that option, since I have a smartphone, but I'm a pen and paper girl. I have a planner that is color coded for different activities (church, work, personal, etc.), that way I can look at a color and immediately know what the activity is associated with. And then I write down all of my to-do's for the week in that same planner so I don't lose track of anything.
I also tend to make a to-do list in a post-it note that stays on my laptop desktop, because a lot of my to-do's (at least at the moment) revolve around my laptop (like blog posts and design stuff for my sister's wedding).
I have a paper diary stuffed in my handbag that I write everything in and I also write it on the wall calendar that my housemate and I share so we have a vague idea of where each other is. Much as I adore my smart phone and am semi surgically attached to it, I can't imagine ever using it to make a note of my life in that way - simply doesn't feel right!
ReplyDeleteI like a balance. I NEED to have downtime to recharge but I like to have enough to do that I don't get bored.
ReplyDeleteI'm a right in the middle kind of girl. I don't like to have NOTHING going on - that drives me crazy. But if it's one thing after another - that drives me crazy too. I need breathing room. I like to call it "margin." I put EVERYTHING on my Outlook calendar - that's what keeps me sane. :)
ReplyDeleteHey, I'm 21 and I still use a wall calendar for recording important dates, but I also use a smart phone and a small day planner, lol. Oh, amd sometimes my iPad...
ReplyDeleteHaha, oh Hannah I feel you. I can only manage a few things at once and need unscheduled time to get my bearings. Lots of people I know have to be busy every second or they are incredibly bored!
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