It's now 9:20 PM.
I titled the post at 9:14 PM but
Deborah was crying in her crib so I had to go and sooth her.
The time is important because it is
really the first block of free time I've had since getting up this morning.
- Get up
- Get the boys up and get them breakfast / dressed
- Get Deborah dressed
- Shower and get ready for work
- Take the kids to daycare
- Go to work
- Pick the kids up from daycare
- Get dinner going
- Have dinner with the family
- Play with the kids / putter around the house
- Help put the kids to bed
- Help organize the house and get lunches ready for tomorrow
- Sit on the couch, play a round (or two) of Candy Crush, get ready to start writing
- Sooth crying baby
- Sit back down and write
Yep, that's our day Monday through
Thursday. Friday is similar except we don't have to make lunches and we are
more lax about getting the kids down.
I don't fully blame Deborah for the
missing posts but going from "man to man" to "zone" between
2011 and 2014 makes a huge difference with our "free time".
The other main reason that I'm
blogging less is that I do not feel as compelled as I did before. In 2011 this
was all extremely new to me so every day, every experience, every urge, every
struggle was new and I wanted to share it. Now, if the thought isn't new,
unique or overly creative I do not feel as compelled to get it onto the
internet.
Trying to fit needs, wants and
hiccups into a 24-hour window is like trying to fit a size 13 foot into a size
10 shoe: in the end it can be done but it isn't comfortable. Which means that
if I want it to be comfortable something needs to change.
- Work
- Spend time with the Mrs.
- Spend time with the kids
- Spend time with other family
- Work out
- See friends
- Devotionals
- Cook
- Chores
- Leisure reading
- Volunteerism
- Sleep
- Etc...
It's not easy. If I do too
much I don't do anything well. If I leave things out I feel incomplete. I think
that part of making it work is prioritizing the list and to not look at the list
and think in terms of a day but in terms of a week or month.
Things like work, sleep and chores
are easy - they are needs and fairly defined in life.
But how much is enough? How often do
I need to reach out to friends, to family? How much is the proper amount of
play time? In how good of shape do I need to be? What is the correct amount of
volunteerism? How much do I need to talk to God before I start to lose
touch?
My siblings and friends are great.
The frequency of contact has no impact on what the relationship is, family is
always family and friends are friends. Interaction and communication with
family and friends is not a necessity, rather it is a pleasure. I love my
friends and family and want to be a part of their lives', though from time to
time I lose contact. What’s cool is that
it takes whopping 30-seconds to pick up where the relationships leave off, not
matter how long we've been apart.
I often pray that my relationship
with God works the same way it works with my siblings or close friends. I want
constant communication, but sometimes life gets in the way and there is a
communication breakdown.
I don't think he does but I hope
that God doesn't hold it against me that sometimes "I forget to
call". That I can pick back up with God where I left off before.
More food for thought, more to think
about and more to work on.
Started the day at 190 LBS - 10 Days
till dinner!
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