never enough time

Philippines
January 22, 2007 10:16pm CST
Do you ever get the feeling that there never seems to be enough time for anything? i know that the secret to good time management is to prioritize, prioritize, prioritize. i try to do that, and still, i seem to run short of time to do all the things i want to do. Plus, there are people who seem to be able to do a gazillion things at one time, and who are able to accomplish so many things with the same amount of time that i have. am i just slow?!? hehe... oh well, back to work...
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• Ireland
23 Jan 07
I am a stay at home housewife and there isn't even enough time in my day. It might help of course if I didn't spend so much time on the computer. I used to be so organised until I got my computer, now I begrudge getting up to make my husband's dinner, and I have to keep checking to make sure he has a clean shirt for morning. I think I will have to start a timetable and stick to it, but I will do that some time in the future - not to-day. He, he.
@shywolf (4514)
• United States
23 Jan 07
I know exactly how you feel. Plus, by the time I finish my work for the day, my online work, I often feel like I don't _feel_ like doing anything else. So it's hard for me to get other things done that have been needing to get finished for a long time now, lol. It just seems like every day it takes me forever to get to the point where I can totally relax. And then I can't motivate myself to do anything else that feels even remotely like 'work', most of the time.
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• Philippines
24 Jan 07
it's comforting to know that i'm not the only one hehe thanks for your posts guys... i'm still working on my backlog on my to-do list, i'm just taking it one day at a time, one task at at time... i suppose tehre will always be somethings for us to do and never enough time to finish all of it.
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@mansha (6298)
• India
24 Jan 07
ASk me, I never have time for anything. May be bad at management. I have tons of things to do. I hve to study my course of engineering(software), post discussions here, take care of my both kids , one seven year and other seven month old and then cook, cleana nd dust my house too. God I wish I had four or sicx arms or at least could split myself in to several persons and do everything. My day goes off so quickly that even I don't realise where did all the time went.
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• Philippines
24 Jan 07
lol... wouldn't want to be in your place... it's amazing though the amount of things you have to do, although you might not realize it, i bet you're one of those special people who can do a ton of things at one time... anyway, from what you've posted, you're amazing, good luck to all of us :-)
@nfhs79 (861)
• Malaysia
24 Jan 07
just bear in mind that we are only human and we can't make more than what the GOD have decide.. we can change our life and we can't just shift the life.. we have to do it proper and slow.. it is ok to be slow as long as you do not STOP..! tq.
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• United States
23 Jan 07
There are never enough hours in the day. And, its true..the older you get the faster time goes by. You keep saying, I'll do that later, and suddenly later becomes a year or two and you are sitting there thinking...what the hell happend? Did I go through a time warp or something? We just have to do what we can and be happy with what we've got.
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• United States
15 Feb 07
I find it hard to prioritize. Often, priorities are swayed by what you feel you WANT to do, and talk yourself out of doing the other things. I treat myself like a child; when I have something to do, say a paper to write, but I find myself lolly-gagging around myLot and whatnot, I frown to myself and say "OK, you can have more myLot time after you write a paragraph." I write the paragraph, go back on myLot while I eat a snack, and then when I'm done eating or drinking I say "OK, more myLot time after you write 2 more paragraphs." And I just gradually get up to a page, or get on a roll with the paper and THAT becomes my priority because I realize I can actually get it done without it being such a big deal. Start out slow, work your way into something, and you'll find you don't miss the things you left behind because what needed to get done got done and that's all that matters!
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• Philippines
20 Feb 07
that's great advice for procrastinators like me :-) thanks!
@rmuxagirl (7548)
• United States
24 Jan 07
I always find that I never have enough time to do all the things I want to do throughout the day. There needs to be more hours in the day.
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@freesoul (3021)
• Egypt
20 Feb 07
I know what you mean, i find it hard to accomplish many things in time that i should be spending less time in mylot :) I realize that a bit of organizing may be all of what I need but I just hate that! I'm just unorganized person lol
• Portugal
23 Jan 07
Sometimes the time you have the feeling the time is runing very faster others you have the feeling the time its always the same
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