Time Part 2

So I have been working on my little experiment...trying to do something for someone else real quick before I sit down to "take a break".  I'll be honest, it isn't easy.  But I am getting some things accomplished that just need to be done.  I haven't done a whole lot, but in the last 48 hours I have sent my parents a thank you for visiting us last weekend, sent a quick note to someone I had been thinking about but never bothered to tell her that before, apologized to my daughter for not being available right when she needed me, wrote in the journal I keep for my daughter (the last entry was 3 years ago), called a friend instead of just emailing her and probably a couple other small things.  Nothing was huge, but it was all stuff sitting at the back of my mind waiting to be done. 

 What I am finding most though is how often I sit down and play for a few minutes.  Wow, those minutes must add up.  When I can't come up with something to do for someone else off the top of my head, I do a chore instead.  I do something that needs to be done and is more important that playing my next word in Hanging with Friends.  And guess what, the chore gets done and I still get the word played.  I'm still wasting time, but I'm getting those little things done as well.  It literally feels like I have somehow bought a couple extra minutes each day.  Now granted the last 48 hours have not exactly been really busy or stressful.  The real test will be when school starts back and I'm actually busy instead of trying to fit in swimming and date night into the same day.

So I consider this little experiment a success and will continue to try and condition myself that before I sit down for a break I be sure to do something for someone else however small it may be.  I'm hoping all those little deeds will add up like my down time has certainly added up.  And maybe someday I will be spending more time on those little deeds than I am wasting time.

Now I am getting off the computer so I can paint my little girls nails :-)  Much better use of my time I would say!!