Where Did The Summer Go?
I started back at
the crazy day job this week. It seemed like just yesterday, I skipped out of
the doors, like the students had a couple weeks prior, my head filled with
grand ideas of painting rooms and counter tops, spending countless hours at the
beach, reading awesome books, and sleeping in past 5 am.
This summer set all
kinds of records for humidity… not great painting weather, I’d
still be waiting for quick dry paint to set. As a person with serve asthma, the
humidity is NOT my friend. Add a case of pneumonia and it’s safe to say that I
returned to the crazy day job with my most of my to-do list still in-tact.
I did accomplish
most of my writing goals and I did sleep past 5 am – 3 times actually....and it was drug induced sleep but hey...
I always fill my
summer to-do list to the point wonder woman wouldn’t be able to complete it.
Without the crazy day job sucking 50 hours out of my week, I feel I should
be able to do70 hours worth of ‘stuff’. Yes, I know it doesn’t make sense. But
yet I do it year after year.
The one thing that
has changed is my willingness to prioritize and know deep down all of it isn’t
going to happen. However, it’s still slightly disheartening to go back to work without
fresh painted walls and counter tops, I did go back thinking I rocked this
summer as far as my writing went.
One thing I always make time to do is catch a couple of the movies that are shown at the beach just a mile from my house....
My word of the year
is ‘reinvent’. My goals all relate to ‘reinventing’ myself….in my writing,
personally as far as weeding out the drains in my life, financially, etc. It’s
through these goals I look at my summer and reflect. Sure, I could have done
better but I did good.
Painting was NO
where on my ‘reinventing’ goals, it was my ‘want’ goals. In the past I’ve
struggled to separate goals from those that move me forward and those I just
want. Now the walls and counter will need to be painted. I realize this but I
also know I’ll find time.
Are you a goal
master? Or do you ever struggle with goal setting? Separating the forward goals
from the want goals?
Enjoy the rest of
the summer everyone!
