So you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it’s sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again.
The sun is the same in a relative way but you’re older,
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death.     ~ Pink Floyd, “Time”

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Old Navy Super-Long Open-Front Sweater: Plus Size in camel, black and heather grey / Straight Size in heather green, camel, black and heather grey / Striped tee: This was from New Look, no longer available but Old Navy has a similar stripe in plus and straight size. / Gloria Vanderbilt Amanda jeans in Plus and Straight and Petite sizes.

Not to be grim, but….I don’t know what’s happening with time lately. I know it seems to go faster as we get older…but lately I feel like I literally don’t have enough time in the day! I work, I do my blog work, I go out with friends usually one evening a week and one weekend day. I’m not one to make housework a priority (no secret there), so THAT’S certainly not taking up much (if any!) of my time. I’m getting my groceries delivered these days. I barely cook anymore. I don’t have a dog that I go on outings with. I’m hardly reading, I do one quick skim of Facebook daily (not like the hours of the past) and Instagram is mostly while I’m waiting for other things to happen – computer to load, in the drive-thru, in line at bank, etc. TV is rarely on more than an hour a day. I’m tired very early in the evening and usually in bed at 9:30, asleep by 10.

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And yet I have a To Do list a mile long that I never seem to have time to make headway on. What IS that?

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I feel like I hear the same from my friends, as well. “Not enough time in the day.”

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I actually cancelled my weekend outing day last week because I was just so exhausted and I thought maybe a day of catching up on things around the house might feel better in the long run than a day of fun. Not sure if I was right or wrong.

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The one area where I *do* feel a little in control, is my wardrobe. On the daily I’m not spending time stressing about what to wear and I’m grateful for that. I don’t have so many options that making decisions is overly time-consuming. Sure, I love “window shopping” (aka internet browsing) and there is ALWAYS another sweater/blouse/dress/bag to fall in love with and covet. But I actually think I feel better with fewer clothing items.

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Now if I could just get my dish/artwork/lamp/chair/book collections to behave.

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Do any of you have tips you use for managing your time?

What I’m Wearing

  • Old Navy Super-Long Open-Front Sweater: Plus Size in camel, black and heather grey / Straight Size in heather green, camel, black and heather grey.
  • Striped tee: This was from New Look, no longer available but Old Navy has a similar stripe in plus and straight size.
  • Gloria Vanderbilt Amanda jeans in Plus and Straight and Petite sizes.
  • Aldo leather espadrille, comes in cognac (shown) and black

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