Do you have enough time?

@doryvien (2284)
United States
June 18, 2009 8:27pm CST
Have you ever felt like there's so much you want to do but you don't have enought time to do it? Did you ever wish the days are longer so you can accomplish more? Lately I have been so busy with a project at work and I have to meet a certain deadline, this prevented me from spending quality time with my family. At the same time it's school time again so I need to enroll the kids, shop for school supplies, uniforms, other school needs. Then our high school grand alumni homecoming was scheduled this month as well, and being one of the class officers, I had to be part of the committee. There's just very little time to do all these things. If you're faced with similar situation, how would you deal with it?
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11 responses
@anetteh (3590)
• Sweden
19 Jun 09
Hi and god morning, doryvien, and welcome to mylot, this site will give you even less time for all the stuff needed to be done, since it will be addiction for login on a daily bases and meet you all new friends here. Oh, how I wish I had more time to spend for free activities love to do like mylotting, surfing, reading, needlework. But it is not easy to het that time, since I am working fulltime as an assistance nurse and then have to deal with my son of age with ADHD. However, I do need this time on my own, so I have to reduce all the "must do things" on a dily bases. If there is no need, then do not clean the house every day, I bought my self a dishwasher, something I really think is unnessesery, but it is saveing me some time.And giving me my own quality time.
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@doryvien (2284)
• United States
19 Jun 09
Thanks Anetteh. And I thought I'm so busy! Certainly for us moms there are a lot of things to be done - for our career, for the family, for the community, for ourselves. I'm happy I "discovered" mylot. Through this site, it's good to know that there are people out there and around the globe who are willing to share their insights and experiences. Happy MyLotting!
@TrvlArrngr (4045)
• United States
19 Jun 09
there is just not enough time in a day for me. I work every day - 7 days each week and also do tasks here, write articles and work on my website. I need more time for my family, to do things with friends, to do my housework and errands and to sleep. i really miss getting a good nights sleep. I hope this economy turns around soon. for all of our sakes.
@doryvien (2284)
• United States
19 Jun 09
Good point! The economy is indeed making it difficult for everyone to enjoy life and savor it. If it's any help, news reports say the worst is over. Of course we all know economic recovery is not going to happen overnight. We just have to keep our fingers crossed, and hope for the best.
• India
19 Jun 09
If you ask a busy man/womam if Time Is Enough, he/she will surely say its not as they want to achieve more in the limited time available at their disposal. Case with a not very busy people also is the same because they dont want to work for others in the free time that they have. But According to me Whatever time available for a person cannot be more or less as it was predetermined That such a person has to do so many activities on earth in this Birth, He/She Gets on the Earth. After his Destined amount of work he had to do is finished he Leaves his Body. So there is No such thing as Enough Time or not. It is Not you Who Decide, Well, Nobody knows who Decides. But According to me A Person has the Necessary time For The Amount Of activity a person Has To Do In His/Her Life Time. Thank You.....
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• Philippines
19 Jun 09
I don't have much time to do all the things I wanted to do. I do divide my time for my daily chores, cook as a housewife and do earning online. I do love to go shopping but I did skip a lot because of my work online. I have been going back and forth from a 12 hour travel just to check my application for my visa and it was really tiring on my part. I feel dizzy and don't have enough sleep when I travel and thinking of the things I have to do would really add more to me on what should I do first . But anyway, I am not complaining. I just have to be following my strict schedule to do all. It is really hard to be a woman, that is for sure. We tend to do a lot of things for our family and less for our self.
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@kingxu (44)
• China
19 Jun 09
In our daily life,there are too many things need to be done,but in fact,the time is quite limited,we can't finish all the things in a time,so,we should list the thing which is more important and give our priority to them.In this way,though we can't finish all the work,we can finish the important work.
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@lkumarldh (142)
• India
19 Jun 09
Hi...I think i am not having suffiecient time for me to complete my Daily works..as i have to get up very early in the morning after that daily routine then college then office.......for completing all these works till late niht i dnt think that i have suffiecient time for me..... Even i think most of the people in presenr having same problem they are not satisfied by 24 hrs they have........Reason being present work culture which makes shorateg of time....in our life
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@saundyl (9783)
• Canada
19 Jun 09
I find that often i feel like I could use another hour to do this or another hour in the day for sleep. i hate leaving things unfinished and theres things like mylot or other things i would love to spend more time on...or even more time for work so i earn more. I wish there was more time in the day and a faster way to travel from place to place. Just think how cool it would be if you could zap yourself to work and not spend an hour or so driving there!
@saundyl (9783)
• Canada
22 Jun 09
I agree maybe everyone needs to slow down. Today just seems to be a world that everyone likes to have things done right away and don't like to take the time to wait for things to be done (like fast food)
@doryvien (2284)
• United States
20 Jun 09
Yes, I feel the same way too. No matter how much I try to find better ways of doing things and managing my activities, there is just not enough time. Maybe we need to slow down a bit, so we can enjoy life more and relax more. thanks for your thoughts. Happy mylotting!
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• Philippines
28 Sep 09
Hello doryvien, Yes, some times, I wish I have longer time. I don't get enough sleep every night because, I sleep late at night so I can still have time with my child, and I wake up early in the morning, so I will have time to use the computer, and do my other online stuffs before I leave home going to the office. I am just very busy the whole day, working at the office, checking my online earning sites, and helping my mother with her business. But some times, I still have things I forget to do. But that's life, there would be a time for everything!
@doryvien (2284)
• United States
30 Sep 09
Hi red_amethyst, Most of us working moms are just so busy it's like time will never be enough, ever. Office, family and home alone are enough to make us really occupied, and then we have our earning online activities to attend to that also eat up a big chunk of our precious time...Why do we punish ourselves this way? Because that's what makes life so exciting, at least for me. Thanks for coming here.
• India
19 Jun 09
Even at sometimes I feel that time is not sufficient or enough.But when I am in any situation that doesnot suit me then at that time I want the time to run,But at cool summer nights I feel very happy watching the stars in the sky and I never want the day to come.
@pegwood (10)
• United States
19 Jun 09
I am completely for extending they day by at least 10 hours. I am a stay at home Mom and I thought that would free up some time for me but not even close. I have a 4 month old and a 5 year old and between keeping the house up keeping them fed and the many extra curricular activities my son is already involved in my does not end until well after midnight. The worst part about that is it usually ends with something being unfinished. Is it just that I am poor at time management?
@vetiver12 (163)
• Spain
19 Jun 09
I always fell I don´t have any time at all. so it´s very frustating, I like to do lot of thins and all so different that I have no time. I will have to give up to sleep, and even if I wouldn´t sleep I still would have no time, lol