Planning Time

I have a friend who takes time management very seriously. She reads books about it, sets up calendars and organizers, and schedules every minute of her day it seems. She has a book entitled, Time Power. If I had a book like that, I think it would just sit on my shelf because I’d never find the time to read it!

Everybody has a certain degree of time management. Usually people find time to do the things that are important to them. For some people it might be finding the time to watch their favorite TV show, and they succeed!

Having small children around, I am not exactly free to pursue any goal I want whenever I want. Some days, it seems like I am stuck in an unproductive cycle of cleaning up after the kids and keeping them happy. Hours zoom past and nothing on my to-do list has been done. When someone says that planning will help, I almost laugh. Planning doesn’t always work because children don’t stick to schedules like adults do!

Going to Plan B, C, or even D has become a part of my daily living. I can roll with it. But I do see the merit in planning some things. Planning a meal and thinking ahead is important because if I don’t, it will be much too easy to grab a non-nutritious snack.

Sometimes I am not able to prepare a hearty nutritious meal and I need a good backup plan. I like to have a default nutritious restaurant in mind in these cases—usually Subway. When time doesn’t produce what I’ve hoped and I am not able to prepare the perfect nutritious meal, at least I am not in danger of running to McDonalds. Plan B can be just as nutritious as Plan A.