Time Spent
Its strange the way time can pass unnoticed – especially when you’re caught up in something. Hobbies, obsessions, work, illness, stress or just the distractions of daily life can so completely occupy your waking faculties that you suddenly come to and realise its august and you’ve forgotten to send a mother’s day card…
I have noticed within myself, certain patterns of behaviour that tend to repeat themselves – often triggered by periods of extreme stress or the advent or even waning of a new obsession. The result however is always the same – piles of clothes to put away, piles of dishes to wash, piles of paper on the desk. Many much lots piles ‘o stuff-to-do but very little actually getting done.
A certain friend of mine who shall remain nameless but whose blog is linked to from this site ;P takes great delight in introducing me to things guaranteed to make me sit up and say “shiny!” just for the fun of watching me hare off after it for a while. Of late (Ie the last year or three) I’ve been going from one to another of these and eventually discovering the “puff” of my obsession loses the power to drive me. My 40K army for instance – ranks of soldiers and armour waiting to be painted and assembled and yet I can’t find the will or the time to sit down and get it done. The difference these days is that I still retain a desire to do these things – I’m a little more careful about the obsessions I nurture. Not as careful as I should be perhaps, but at least I occasionally say no to myself, which is a massive leap forward for me 
So I think it is time, with the new job, the new financials etc, to take a new direction. If I am to achieve the things I want to achieve, especially in my immediate future I need to change the patterns of my life – break some habits and with luck replace them with useful ones. Time for new things.
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Hehe. You know I only do that because I like to see you happy and excited. I must admit you’re not the only person I do that with.[Reply]
Something to inspire you to good habits.<br />Habit is a cable, we weave a thread of it each day until it becomes to strong to break. Then the strength of that habit cable takes us to the top – or ties us to the bottom, depending on whether it is a good habit or a bad one.<br />quote from page 265,266 Zig Ziglar "See you at the Top"[Reply]
What?? And here I thought I was special ;P[Reply]
That’s a nice way to look at it Wendy, thank you. Hrm now I’m going to have to go look up that book
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