25-hours in a day-PLEASE!?!

I remember as a kid wishing time would go faster. For some crazy reason I wanted to grow up! And my mom telling me to enjoy it because the older you get the faster time goes. Boy was she ever right!

There is the saying "Don't wish your life away".  The phrase runs through my mind when ever I hear someone say something like "I wish this was Friday" or "I can't wait for the weekend". I do this too and then I find myself to kicking myself because I too am wishing my life away! Stop it!! It's already going by too fast!

So as I approach the end of yet another school year, a year that has been hard, challenging, frustrating and darn right miserable at times I look back at the past 179 days of school and to be truthful I don't regret a minute of wishing it was the next day or the weekend, or Thanksgiving or Christmas break, counting down the days, and now finally to the final day. Amen! Good riddance! It's been a good year job-wise. I like my job and most of the kids-I learn from them and they are fun to watch and be around. I have not accomplished as much as I'd like to, be being tied down from 8:18 a.m. to well after 2:30 or even 3:30 most days makes it hard to get things done. I like to accomplish things and make changes. Make a difference. And even if there were 25-hours in a day I would NOT want that extra hour at work. NO WAY. It's amazing how one person can make or break your day. Sad but true. And now I have the task to accomplish a great deal in the few extra days they give me-wishful thinking on their part and common sense for me, as it can't be done. I won't beat myself up to try to get it done. I'll do what I can and the rest will be here waiting for me in August. Oh well....more work, less time and pay seems to be the norm.

So with the prospect of five whole days to get as much as I can done and then I'm on to summer, finally I can't wait to get done and get out! Then the personal challenge of staying motivated when time is my own and my list is flexible. I'm a creature of habit, we all are but I thrive on a daily schedule. And like a little kid who's had too much candy I can get off task when I have too much time on my hands. A good book will find me blowing a whole day away reading! A "to-do" list and goals make my day on track and worth doing. But the freedom to do them at my own pace is wonderful advantage. And if I find a project that keeps me busy and I can't wait to do and accomplish, then I'm thrilled and wishing for a 25-hour day! So I need to find those projects and dig in my heels and get to work and stay on schedule. Maybe and extra hour in the day to spend with my family or read or ride my bike might be more like it, rather then to get more work done!

So here's to the 2013-14 school year-it wasn't good nor was it bad. I'm just glad you are over. And on to the summer! Amen!  

Positive thought of the day: The weather is beautiful! Thank you God!!