There's 24 hours in the day. Realistically, 8 hours of that is spent asleep and 8 hours of that is spent at work. That's a grand total of 16 hours. So, where's the rest of the time going? What am I doing with my time? Am I using it wisely to my fullest advantage or am I letting little moments pass on by? If I am letting little moment pass me by then surely I can find something to fit into those time slots.
Right now, my schedule looks a bit like this during the week when I'm scheduled to work.
5:30 am - Wake up / Feed Leo and give him attention
6:30 am -7:00 am - Breakfast
7 am -10:45 am - Social sites/emails/ blog reading / Time with Leo
10:45 am - 7:15 pm - Work
7:15 pm -8:00 pm - Dinner / Time with Leo
8 pm - 9:30 pm - Social sites/emails/blog reading
9:30 pm - 10:00 pm - Get ready for sleep / Make sure Leo has food and water for the night while asleep
10:00 pm - 5:30 am - Sleep
Okay, so let's take a look at the above. I'm okay with waking up at 5:30 am each morning and breakfast is at a good time but what in the world am I spending so much time on the internet for before work? I could be doing other things for myself like reading a book, taking a walk outside, or just enjoying being "unplugged' from technology.
It probably isn't healthy to be spending so much time on the internet. That's 3 hours and 45 minutes that I'm sitting either on my chair or the bed when I could be doing other things. I'm thinking I can definitely cut that down to 1 hr and 30 minutes to 2 hours. That would give me some more personal time to myself in the mornings before having to start work.
Work - I can't control the schedule they give me. So I'm stuck with it until the schedule bids come out. The evening internet time isn't so bad and neither is the getting ready for sleep and spending my time with Leo.
The weekend day that I work is an early shift and that weekend day is a Saturday.
That schedule looks like this.
5:30 am -
Wake up / Feed Leo and give him attention
6:00 am - 7:00 am Breakfast
7:00 am - 7:45 am - Social sites / emails / blog reading / Time with Leo
7:45 am - 4:15 pm - Work
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm - Social sites / emails / blog reading / Time with Leo
6:00 pm - 6:30 pm - Dinner
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm ? ? ?
9:30 pm - 10:00 pm - Get ready for sleep / Make sure Leo has food and water for the night while asleep
10:00 pm - 5:30 am - Sleep
So what the heck on a Saturday between 6:30 pm to 9 pm am I doing? That's three hours there that I can't even account for. So again, that's a little moment slipping by that I could be filling with me time. Also, the 4:30 pm -6:00 pm slot can also definitely be cut down on internet time as well.
Days off are Sunday and Tuesday. I don't have a set schedule or plan on those days. Those days are more of a go with the flow and see how things play out.
I can see it is definitely time to revamp some priorities here with the time that keeps on ticking ticking by.
