It's Friday, December 20th, 5 days to go until Christmas...and there are a thousand thoughts whipping through my head. This truly is one of the busiest times of the year...
The first thought is work. Finishing up everything I have to do today so that I can rush home and do a thousand things at home.
The second thought is Christmas shopping. Sadly, I haven't started. I really tried to be better this year. I REALLY tried. But it's tough to find the time! This is part of the thousand things mentioned above. The saving grace is that I know what a few of my gifts will be, it's just a matter of going out and actually getting them.
The third thought running through my head is scheduling out the next week and a half. My family wants me to drive down and visit them this weekend...but I'm not sure if I'll have time to do that with everything else still on my plate. I work for a couple of days next week, then head straight out of town to see family for 4 days...then come back and head straight out of town again to visit the other side of the family for 4 days...and then it's straight back to work. Meanwhile, where's the time to go Christmas shopping, and the time to relax a bit on my own and with my wife and son at home?
The fourth thing - vacation! But this is not a relaxing thought...at least not yet. When I think about going on vacation for a week starting on Christmas day, the thought right now is about everything that has to be done before I go. And then it comes back to the scheduling mentioned above.
And the fifth thing on my mind is trying to slow down and not let Christmas rush me by. I've been trying to do this all along, but it hasn't really happened. I really do want to take time over the next few days to reflect on this season, and make sure I know what we're celebrating.
Fifth should be first, I know. Maybe that's my problem. Maybe that's why I feel like I'm so rushed, because my priorities are all out of whack. And so maybe the order of my priorities changes today.
The first thought is work. Finishing up everything I have to do today so that I can rush home and do a thousand things at home.
The second thought is Christmas shopping. Sadly, I haven't started. I really tried to be better this year. I REALLY tried. But it's tough to find the time! This is part of the thousand things mentioned above. The saving grace is that I know what a few of my gifts will be, it's just a matter of going out and actually getting them.
The third thought running through my head is scheduling out the next week and a half. My family wants me to drive down and visit them this weekend...but I'm not sure if I'll have time to do that with everything else still on my plate. I work for a couple of days next week, then head straight out of town to see family for 4 days...then come back and head straight out of town again to visit the other side of the family for 4 days...and then it's straight back to work. Meanwhile, where's the time to go Christmas shopping, and the time to relax a bit on my own and with my wife and son at home?
The fourth thing - vacation! But this is not a relaxing thought...at least not yet. When I think about going on vacation for a week starting on Christmas day, the thought right now is about everything that has to be done before I go. And then it comes back to the scheduling mentioned above.
And the fifth thing on my mind is trying to slow down and not let Christmas rush me by. I've been trying to do this all along, but it hasn't really happened. I really do want to take time over the next few days to reflect on this season, and make sure I know what we're celebrating.
Fifth should be first, I know. Maybe that's my problem. Maybe that's why I feel like I'm so rushed, because my priorities are all out of whack. And so maybe the order of my priorities changes today.
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