Needed: A shift in perspective

I've been feeling tremendously over-committed lately. It's become increasingly difficult to find time for the things I want/need/have to do. Time management has been a challenge ever since I started writing, but more so lately, I'm not sure why. It also doesn't help that I've been fighting off some mystery illness (cold? flu?) for at least a week now and have been absolutely exhausted morning and night. Daytime? Fine. Hooray for the Day Job, not so much for my writing and other activities. :)

I began thinking of a giant list of things I would wish for if, say, a djinn suddenly appeared wanting to grant my every desire. The list ranges from world peace to actually putting my clothes away when I undress at night, as opposed to piling them on the floor in front of my closet. What I found the most astonishing was how many of the things were completely within my power. No djinn required.

I'm not quite sure what this means yet, but it was definitely powerful to make the connection that so many of the things I casually complain about not being able to do are actually perfectly accessible.

This bears more long term thinking. I suspect I'll need to make some serious changes in my attitude, discipline (o noes!), and habits to fulfill many of the things on my wish list. But, wow. How comforting to know that's really all it will take.

In the short term, I'll probably try to do something like what

kaz_mahoney

did to organize her time. I've done things like this before and they've always helped me for short periods of time...until I fall off the discipline bandwagon again. :)

Either way, something's gotta give (as you've heard me say here before). Too bad it can't be the Day Job. ;) Then again, I'm not sure that's the magic solution I need anyway. The changes need to happen in me.