Restoring TIme

As we are only two days away before that ball drops and we ring in a new year I have been thinking about time. All the time we waste on things that don't matter, like being angry, perfectionism, worry, what other people think and the list could go on for days. As I focus on my word RESTORE its a little sad to think I cant restore lost time. Oh the things I would like to tell myself in my 20's and 30's to save myself from a lot of lost time with a few of the things I mentioned above. Even though I can not take back time I can sure make more of it in my life to enjoy the things that matter to me.

If you get easily offended please skip this next paragraph. The best way to manage our time more wisely is to have a schedule. If you wake up at 6am every day then you should continue with that trend on the weekend. Thats right no sleeping in. I know this is making a few of you a little mad thats why I told you to skip this part. When you have  set time for waking up it will eventually give you a set time for going to sleep. Thats of course if you dont take a nap. Dont worry I am not going to talk about your naps,

Our alarm is set for 6am on the weekdays. We are actually normally awake before then but as winter days get colder its nice to stay under those warm blankets as long as possible. Today is Saturday and both of us are awake and up at 6am. In fact its not even 8am and we have had breakfast, morning tea or coffee and two loads of clothes are washed. The breakfast dishes are drying in the drain as I type. Even though we are early birds we are still in our pjs and take the mornings slower on the weekend. I am a firm believer your weekends should be as relaxing as you want them to be. If you keep your same sleep schedule on the weekends when your alarm goes off on Monday morning you may still not want to go back to work but at least you dont look like you got hit by a truck.

I mentioned having a schedule. write down a few things that you wished that you had more time for. Post the list somewhere you can easily see it and easily add things to it. The first thing and only things on my list right now is blogging. I enjoy this and if I have it scheduled right it will not take up that much time. We will discuss our lists later after the new year but a few other thing on my list are meal planning. I know that may not side like fun but I like to cook and honestly if you have a good plan it opens more time for other things. I really want to start experimenting more with new recipes and trying some old forgotten ones as well. 

You may have noticed the clock in the above picture runs backwards. It says its 8:03. The boy loves watches and clocks so I had to grab this one for him for Christmas. It was less than $9 on Amazon. It takes a bit to get use to but its the perfect example for this post, When trying to tell time with this clock you have to really stop and think about reading it, As we are rushing around checking our phones or our cars for the time stop and think about if what you are rushing to do really that important. Why are you rushing and running late and how are you treating those around you in your rush?

Enjoy your weekend. We are going to the feed store in a bit for chicken and rabbit feed, maybe a stop over at Lowes and this afternoon we will be headed to Mellow Mushroom to spend $10.50 on $25 worth of food. Yay for Groupon deals and cheap family dates.