There never has been enough time. Now that I am a nana, it has gotten worse.
When my kids were young, I thought that when they were all grown and flown, I would have all the time in the world. If only I had known the truth: there never will be enough time. It reminds me of the joke that goes something like, "There are so many things I am supposed to do before I die, that I am going to live forever." Either that or I will have to start doing all those things faster. Trouble is I don't actually do things faster. I have always been pretty fast and efficient, so there just isn't that much room there. AND I have a list of things yet to do. I plan to blog about these things, if I have time!
* Complete a master's degree
* Get really good at the work I do. Since I didn't start it until my 50s, there is considerable room for improvement
* Lose 25 pounds!!!!!!
* Get in better shape - my new treadmill should help with this and why aren't I using the treadmill instead of sitting at my computer yet again!
* Finish gathering all the family history names that are available and inputting them into my genealogy program to share with my family; write my parents bios
* Read about 5000 good books I haven't cracked open yet
Hey, except for the exercise part, I sound like a nerd. Okay I'm a nerd. It's okay to be an old nerd. When you are past 60, you can be whatever you want. It is one of the only things about getting "older" that I accept. If there are people who do not accept me, (after all I've been this way for awhile, and I TRY to improve everyday, ) then I can simply ignore them. Otherwise I am in total denial about aging. I realize now that this is a time issue. I just simply do not have time for getting old and I have no interest in that lifestyle. There are enough old people around, and likely to be more, that I don't need to add to their ranks.
This blog is about my efforts to NOT get old.
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From what I have seen, not having time to get old is a family tradition! I am glad you are blogging! You are wonderful and thoughtful and I look forward to reading your thought!
ReplyDeleteI sooooo looked forward to the day that my kids would be in school and I'd have all day to myself. HA! There's still not enough time. I guess I just need to learn to accept that there's simply never enough time....gotta somehow make time. :0)
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