| I just finished typing out the bi-weekly schedule for
our employees here at New Life. Sometimes it is one of the
hardest tasks I have to do! Keeping in mind the needs of our
store on each day of the week, factoring in the
probability of a busy weekend or holiday, working in the
requests for time off and trying to make sure you give each
person the number of hours he/she is used to working. It can
be a headache!
Then there's my day to day routine. Kids, wife,
work, church, fun, SM, and now football all crammed
in to each day. I stay up way too late each night trying to
cram a little bit more into the day - and then suffer for it
the next morning for lack of sleep. Now understand something -
I'm what you call a "Messy"
- a disorganized slob! You
should see my desk, heck my office here at New Life (I share
it with Todd - who is a closet Messy)
is a pig sty! I never throw away
anything. So when I get to work each day, it takes me a good
hour to remember why I had this or that thing on my desk,
which projects I didn't have time to finish the day
before, and to figure out if I'm supposed to be some where and
if so what time. Our employees know to stay out of the way if
I have "that look" first thing each day! I've
tried to get more organized and to get on a schedule, but it
hasn't worked.
On a more personal level, I should be trying harder
to be on better a spiritual, emotional and physical schedule!
Spiritually, I need to be more disciplined
to study and pray! I find it so easy to "skip out on
God". How sad! The one who can help me the most with my
need to organize and get on a good schedule,
is the first one I blow off! Emotionally, I need to
spend more time being real, being honest. When you are open
emotionally with someone, you reach a deeper level in your
relationship. I need to start making time to be with
friends. I also need to "schedule" time to
relax so I don't get stressed out and then take it out on my
family or friends. Physically, well let's just say we all know
how hard it is to schedule exercise into a busy life!
How about you? Are you a Messy or do you have it all
together? What about your spiritual/emotional/physical
schedules? Do you schedule time for friends and family? How
about personal time? What time wasters in your life can you
get rid of that will make your life less hectic? I bet if we
tried hard enough to schedule our time more wisely, each of us
could find several more hours to spend doing things that
really matter! |