"I don't know what to tell you...I really don't."
Hello, I'm Mrs. J! I don't know how this happened really. I find myself married, working several jobs or projects and, yet, still having more free time than any man, woman or child should ever get to enjoy. So you know what I do? Well for starters I do NOT enjoy it, no, no, no...there's no time for that. Instead I worry and wonder and analyze and scheme as to how I might relieve myself of this burden.
Mon Dieu!!! Oh my god!!! Someone help me get rid of my time!!! I don't know what happened, I stumbled into this great place in life and now have too much time!!! AH!!! weeping, weeping, weeping...
Come on, I know it's not like a bad case of head lice, I'm not that bent out of shape. But this new found freedom is not always as wonderful as you might suspect. I've always been so busy that I can barely breathe--day job, night/weekend job, classes, parties, dating... (God, dating alone is a part-time job and I worked lots of overtime.) My lack of time began to wreak havoc on my life. For years my friends would begin voice mails with, "Look, I know you're probably not free but I thought I'd ask just in case..." or "Hi, it's the beginning of the year so please call me back no later than Easter." My cats began to hiss at me on the rare occasion I might stay home for more than the nightly 6 hours of sleep. And that was life, it was just really packed with stuff do to.
But here's the thing--now I am free! I'm busy here and there but mostly I am free. I did some rearranging. I took up yoga and learned how to breathe. I mastered the art of saying "no." And now I've gotten so good at these things that at times I feel I'm not doing enough! Somebody check, do I still have a pulse or did that leave with the pressure-cooker career?
I bet a bad case of head lice would be rather time-consuming...
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