Sometimes it's hard to get everything done

 For the life of me, I do not think I will ever fully understand how my parents were able to do all of the things that they did on a daily basis.  As much as I try to get things done, both practically and socially, I never seem to manage it.  I have my daily list, which inevitably never gets completed each day though I do manage to get a few things accomplished.   But Mom and Dad seemed to be able to balance work, home and social aspects of life with ease.  And in all honesty, it probably was not as easy as it looked to me, but it sure did seem that way.

It's a never ending goal for me to get to that point and feel like I've got it all under control.  Or at least give the appearance of having it all under control LOL  I know that part of it simply finding the tools and the outlets for that.  And my list does help me.  I spend too much time at the computer, for one thing, and that takes away precious time from things that I could be doing that would make me feel better.  There's one solution right there, just have to really work on that (as I write this on the computer LOL)

I will always regret that, in school, if you were in band or chorus, you usually missed out on the life classes.  Things like shop or home economics weren't available to those of us that were in the arts.  There simply weren't enough classes in the day to squeeze that in. I think that should be a requirement for graduation.  We need classes in how to get through life.  And that's not because people are idiots...well at least not all people.  It's just simply because while we are doing all of this other stuff in our youth, one day we blink and we are adults with no idea how to get things done.  I'm talking about things like meal planning, paying bills, doing taxes, etc.  I would add writing checks but hardly anyone does that anymore.  I know that I would have benefitted from having had taken a class like that.  As much as I enjoyed band, that stopped upon graduation and a life class would have stayed with me.  Ah, well.

This is something I need to work on.  I know that I would enjoy life much more if I did not always feel like I was behind in everything, still working to catch up.  Don't get me wrong.  Life's not bad at all.  It can be better though.  It would be nice to have more time to enjoy things that I enjoy without the baggage of not having gotten done the things I need to.  I don't necessarily want to plan out every moment of every day, but maybe that is what I need to do for awhile so that I can get it all under control.  I don't know, but we shall see.  

That is all