Aging With Grace: Thinking Time
Thursday, October 23, 2008 at 12:00AM This coming Sunday there are no discipleship classes at church so I will not be teaching Sunday night. My tech princess has no Friday classes, so there is less to homeschool this week. I am canceling everything else I can. I need thinking time.
Thinking time, I’ve realized isn’t so much about sitting and thinking as it is removing those thoughts that are cluttering my mind. Thought removal evidently takes time I usually don’t have in my “normal” routine.
There are some good friends I just haven’t had time to see. I have one lunch and one breakfast visit schedule all ready. There are a couple of friend I will call and see if I can invite myself over for coffee. I will be 2 pound heavier but a lot happier by next week.
The fridge coils are getting a good vacuuming this week. The kitchen needs more than a surface cleaning, that is on the schedule also. I am getting distracted by my need to get those minor tasks completed. The problem with a minor task is it never gets to the top of the to-do list. Hanging at the bottom of the list is an ever-growing underclass of neglected tasks until what were a few minor undone tacks is now a major distraction.
There are no extra posts in my blog bank. I am distracted by having nothing on hand if something comes up. Writing posts is part of decluttering my mind.
My desk has turned from a catch all into the Twilight Zone. Things go on it and disappear. I have to dezone my desk because the accumulated chaos (as opposed to the constant disorder, which doesn’t bother me at all) is taking up space in my mind making it hard to think. This would not be a problem if I owned a laptop and could create brilliance somewhere other than the room with the Twilight Zone desk. I am going to have to devote some though time as to why I am the only female in this household that doesn’t have her own person mobile computer!
You see, thinking time is beginning to pay off.
Anything taking up valuable space in your mind?