Time

I don't know how other people manage their time.

I am often running late for things, having toast for dinner, meaning to get around to doing the dishes, and rushing out the door wishing that I had learnt from the last time I rushed out of the house...

I also have a messy room. Although my Mum just popped in and had a look at my room and said that it was looking better than usual. Yay! (Even at 32, I still care what my mother thinks of my room.)

I have read a few books on time management, being organised, etc, but I normally end up quickly skim reading them the day before they're due back at the library. I mean, which would you rather read, Harry Potter or a time management book? And at least I get them back to the library on time (normally).

I think I do a fairly normal amount of things - work full time, flat with one person, have a boyfriend, see my parents once a week or so, go to church, study one extramural paper, go to an Amnesty International group once a month, go to a couple of Christian groups, watch sport... I wouldn't have thought it was more or less than a lot of people. But somehow, the dishes keep appearing, the piles of paper on the floor keep growing, and I always need to do washing...

The last organising book I read (Time Management for the Overwhelmed, or something similarly realistic) had a helpful suggestion - instead of a diary, it suggested a folder that I could organise in the most helpful way for me. It sounds promising. So I have a section for each day of the week, then a to do list and then things I do monthly.

Maybe this one will be the one for me?