Sometimes I think I’m really good at my time management, and other times terrible. But I’m not sure all of it is my fault. It’s just the nature of what we do I guess. This post is probably going to be boring and sound complainy and all competitive-i’m-so-busy-and-you’re-not, but that’s not my intention. So proceed if you want.

For example, with my day job, EO work:

  • I am slow, then slammed, then slow then slammed. I haven’t archived files in months (which is bad, but also good cuz it just takes up agency time)
  • I haven’t gone through my work email and filtered/deleted since September, meaning 930+ to sort through, and home since the same, so probably even worse as all my gmail and puremotif goes there.
  • I have 2 important projects I’m in the middle of, but right now, they are on hold so I’m twiddling my thumbs. At any moment though, they could break out and go crazy.

And with freelance and my business:

  • I had one wedding this past Saturday which was beautiful and another at New Years. After that I have no weddings until May, (when there are THREE!)
  • I do have some family photo shoots coming up, but not a whole lot of graphic design work.
  • I have an album I’m waiting for the couple to decide on images for, so that will be some time when it comes
  • I’m really in a place where I need to say yes to any and everything that comes my way freelance wise, so I book up enough work to tide me through till weddings begin in spring.
  • I will soon need to spend some time compiling and organizing everything tax-wise for the 08 year. I did oK keeping it organized, but still not good enough.

And at home:

  • I had the ambition to do Christmas Cards this year, but it’s not going to happen, I just don’t have the manpower/time and I can’t afford the ink/paper to print them. I’m really bummed about this.
  • I got my wonderful new elliptical for Christmas already and it is set-up, I had time to workout 3 days last week, then no more. It’s not that I don’t want to, I really want to. I just can’t get to it!
  • The house is an absolute and utter mess.
  • This is a problem, because my in-laws and brother-in-law and his girlfriend are going to spend Christmas with us for four days.  That’s 6 people in a small 3 bedroom Erie City house, with ONE BATHROOM. Count them. ONE. So, that’s going to be really really interesting. I’m so excited to see them, but to get my house ready for guest useage is going to be a lot of work. I’m really praying this week and weekend affords time to do that.
  • I am however done with all my family Christmas shopping, couldn’t do friends this year, and most of the wrapping, except for one of my presents for my hubbie that got messed up in shipping :-(
  • Wrapping presents and doing tons of laundry last night took me like 5 hours instead of the 2 I was hoping for.

And in general:

  • I am always 3-8 minutes late for everything. I don’t know why
  • But today, I was 10 minutes early for the presentation at the Manufacturer’s Association.
  • I say I’m going to go to bed by 11, but last night I don’t think I closed my eyes until 1:30am, and this generally happens to me.
  • I want to be blogging more.
  • Brian and I had another little tiff about our schedules and conflicts and life and expectations last night. It ended wonderfully with laughter and teasing, I love that we can take our fights and turn them into jokes… but still, it will always be an issue I’m sure.
  • Snow makes everything take longer.

That’s all. I guess this post was more for me. ha.

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