I'm finding myself quite busy at the moment.
Not a bad thing at all.
I no longer have school age children and they are all independent enough to get themselves from A to B without supervision (unless a train gets cancelled, of course!) This means that I am free to pursue what a friend recently described as 'Mum's turn to fulfil some dreams'.
Last time, I told you about a course I am undertaking over the next year. I am now 5 weeks in and tackling all sorts of metalwork skills. Some I can master, some I need more practice in and some I am finding more challenging. (Just don't mention 'marrying metals'!!)
Overall, it's going well but is a time commitment.
I expected this.
It's no surprise and of course, it's not plain sailing.
Some projects require more time spent on them because I am learning something completely new and it takes more practice.
And sometimes it's my perfectionism.
It's a part of my character I talk about here on this blog.
It's not a bad thing to want to do things well - of course it's not.
But it can be a hindrance in just getting things done!
And in this particular busy phase where I am combining my course alongside a relatively new job and alongside making lovely jewellery for incoming orders, sometimes I need to simply GET IT DONE rather than agonising over the tiniest, tiniest detail.
Time management - that's my challenge...
I live with someone who is enviably far better at it than me.
He allocates a certain amount of time to a task and (generally) sticks to it. Important stuff gets done to a higher standard than the less important stuff. Whereas my head lives with the expectation that EVERY task to be done to a top class standard and some things just don't need that, do they? Sometimes a whizz round with the vacuum is sufficient for the moment. At least the floor's cleaner than it was 10 minutes ago, right?
So, I'm trying really hard to allocate appropriate amounts of time to my course and not let it take over other equally important parts of my life. (Thankfully the support of tutors and mentors tends to encourage this when any of us are struggling).
But I find it so easy to slip back into my default setting - some weeks are definitely better than others!
Knowing what is right is like deep water in the heart; a wise person draws from the well within. Proverbs 20:5
I know how and why I want to get better at this and I certainly want to be wise and draw from this well of knowledge.
And with Christmas around the corner, I'm really hoping I can manage the time I have over the coming weeks!
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