Time M@n@gement is Key

It seems like there is never enough time in a day to fulfill all of the things we intend to do our fullest potential, to honor all of our commitments, and to simply relax and breathe.  24 hours seems like such a meager time frame to accomplish the thousands of tasks and projects that cloud our minds, even if we don't realize it.  This week, through experience, I learned that time managemnt and the ability to sort through your priorities are vital in this life.  As a paradigm, there's always school.  What started off as leisurely Monday blossomed into a day of multifarious assignments, warnings of tests, and long term projects thrown on my plate.  Dance did not ease the chaos, as practices were becoming extended and requiring more effort and flexibility of our schedules, when really I had none to offer.  And of course, there was always the impending threat of buying and assmbling gifts for the upcoming festivties of the month and still alloting time for a bit of a social life.  Yes, everyone has these challenges that they must face, being oversheduled and such, but of course I also had to find the time to bake about 120 cookies, no exaggeration used.  Italian anise glazed cookies for our traditional Romeo and Juliet baking challenge, and delicate, symmetrically sprinkled wreath cutouts for the annual cookie party.  On another note, in the words of Delmore Schwartz, "Time is the school in which we learn, time is the fire in which we burn."  If we do not control our time and allocate it properly, it will control us.

Sometimes there may simply not be enough time to get everything done.