Buying Not Bread
Sunday, September 27, 2009 at 07:02PM
[Pat Kashtock] in "time management", "why spend your money on that which is not bread?", Conversations, adhd, adults with attention deficit disorder, god's way

Dogwood in sand

Well I still did not get down here first thing. I started cleaning the stove.

-- You're distracting --

oh. I guess I don't really want to write.

 

-- Patty. You don't think you do, but you enjoy it once you get going. Think --

 

Yes, I was up late working on a blog entry. It takes so long. How do people like Sarah Hey, do it?

 

-- You’ll get faster as you write more. --

 

Then I started to go through these piles of papers. I see time slipping away and I am so disgusted with myself.

 

-- Don't be. You'll get there.

You are, under line that twice, are making progress.

It takes time AND focus. Time alone won't do it.

Continuing to stay focused on the goal ahead, will. --

 

I started thinking about the website. Mike is out this evening. I can work on it and that excites me. Then I realized I'd better not touch the Internet until I've got the daily stuff. And maybe some cleaning done.

 

Or maybe not.

 

Chores wait, neighbor's needs have piled up. If I could just vacuum and put away the way the last bit of the mess! But I want to write even if it's only to post.

 

-- Use your desire to motivate you through your "chores."--

 

Like my grandmother?

 

-- Yes. --

 

You provided a good example for me. Thank You.

Work towards pleasure, even if the pleasure is actually a form of work. That would help. It would be nice to work towards something I love to do instead of work towards more chores.

 

One thing, I finally begin to see time really does keep moving. If I fritter away an hour and a half, it is gone...

Yet I can't be a machine.

 

I am constantly in danger of spending myself on not-bread.

 

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