Priorities, Divided

Let me tell you, time management is tough stuff.  For one thing, as I work with my books I've come to see that my job changes the whole system in a way.  As I look at my priorities I notice that, although studying and following up with vacation emails might be at the top of the list, when I am actually home I have to skip further down to the things on my list that I can only do if I am at home.  For example, this morning I had a very productive morning, in which I worked with my time management book, responded to emails, made phone calls, and stopped by the post office.  A couple of these things could only be done stateside, so it was imperative that I get them done.  However, I could have definitely worked on my book while on layover in Madrid tomorrow.  The result is that right now I am sitting at the airport waiting for my flight, while two laundry baskets full of clean and very rumpled clothes are sitting in my apartment getting wrinkled for want of folding, hanging, and putting away. 

It will definitely be a challenge to tame my use of time, but I anxiously await the day when I can revel in the results of this hard work and enjoy a simpler, less harried, existence.