Monday, November 24, 2008

Time Sure Flies When You're Overwhelmed

I just logged on to see what I wrote in my last post & realized that it had been 8 days since my last post.

WHOA! Where did the time go?!

I've been extra busy lately with some extra responsibilities at the church, but I didn't realize I was THAT busy!!

Now that I'm thinking about it, I remember standing over my desk right before I left this afternoon and clearing off 3 or 4 piles of paperwork from those extra responsibilities. I distinctly remember this thought crossing my mind: "Wow! So that's what the top of my desk looks like!" At one point, I looked over at my monthly calendar & realized it was still on October (I can't believe I didn't even notice until today)!!

It suddenly hit me that fun isn't the only thing that seems to speed up the clock... Being overwhelmed does, too! When you've got far more to do than you can possibly accomplish... When you're fighting an undertow of paperwork that seems to want to suck you under and into the Admin Sea... When you reference your task list just to see how much you've failed to accomplish... Ugh! I gotta quit!!

The one bright spot? When you're having fun, time goes by too quickly... When you're overwhelmed, time can't go by quick enough!

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