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Post by Delta Dawn on Jun 17, 2016 5:25:14 GMT
I used to lead the most boring life. Bus to work, coffee, work, bus home, gym, bed. That was my whole life. Now I find I don't have time for the things I used to have or maybe I have just managed to fill up my days everyday. I see friends a lot, I workout when I can, I work part-time, the house and cooking take a lot of time. Laundry is just one day a week so it's not a big deal. Just everything takes more time than it used to!
Does anyone else have this situation? It's not a problem as there is lots of socializing in it. Just every day has something going on.
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Post by gar on Jun 17, 2016 6:38:38 GMT
Of course we do.
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Post by polz on Jun 17, 2016 9:03:20 GMT
Yes, story of my life. I sometimes miss my old boring life, but then I remember I was obese, sick and depressed, so maybe not so much.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2016 9:08:24 GMT
I am a bit confused. What would be the alternative? I have health issues so I can't do as much as I would like to do. I play with my niece and nephew (normally just color), spend time with my cousin and his wife, call friends when I can and I am planning to see my old roommate who I haven't seen in a very long time. I also just tried my first Al Anon meeting tonight.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Jun 17, 2016 10:56:29 GMT
Yes. It seems that every single day is full.
But for me that is not a good thing. I like and need down time. And it seems like I don't have it at all anymore.
I work most days, including weekends.
The days I don't have work (or mornings, or afternoons) are the times when I need to schedule doctor/dentist/car repair, etc appointments.
And do laundry.
And go grocery shopping.
And run errands for any last minute things I couldn't order online and have shipped to me (usually kid school related project stuff)
And do any home repair stuff that needs doing.
I'm a single mom of four. On my days off from work, I make it a point to try to get them out and do something together. The museum, which I have a membership to. Or the better playground that is a half hour drive away.
Of course some days I just can't, and we do something inside.
But, yes. My days are almost always full. I wish they weren't always.
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Post by julieb on Jun 17, 2016 11:01:02 GMT
I'm always busy and I love it! I don't work outside the home, but I'm always doing something.
Things probably aren't taking any longer, it's just that we spend more time on our phones and computers and it sucks time out of the day.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2016 11:13:43 GMT
Some of my days are full and some of my days aren't. It's all good, it's just life.
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Post by cyndijane on Jun 17, 2016 12:44:42 GMT
Overly full, actually. Not that I'd enjoy a slow lifestyle, but I'm just in a busy stage. I work part-time from home, homeschool two boys and have a 5 month old. I have a sign that says "Mothers of little boys work from son up to son down" and it's the honest truth. I have to fight for quiet/down time. I'm not complaining- my life is full of blessings- but I AM tired. Always.
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Post by sharlag on Jun 17, 2016 13:54:58 GMT
No, my evenings after work are pretty open, and I love it. I socialize biweekly, if I were estimating. Other than that I'm at home when I'm not working. Again, I love it. Like LavenderLayoutLady , I enjoy that peace. And I'm not ever REALLY alone because I live with 2 dogs and 2 adults. I interact more with the dogs at home than the people.  |
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Post by Linda on Jun 17, 2016 14:26:20 GMT
yes - and no. How's that for clarity?
As far as things that I have to do/are scheduled on a calender? no, my days aren't full and I like it that way. I don't drive so that helps keep the outings to a minimum (nothing here is walkable)
This week (Su-Sat) - Sunday was super busy with one kid riding horses at dawn, dropping one kid at camp and one at a party, shopping out of town, picking party-kid back up (we were gone 6a-9a 11a-9p) but otherwise Tues. evening I had a meeting and Thurs I took a kid to a medical app't and today we pick the camp kid back up. This was an especially busy summer week.
But as far as things to do during the day? My days are full and I like it that way too.
A typical day at home during the summer - I get up at 630-7, start laundry, do dishes, email/internt, once the girls are up, I spend the morning doing activities with the little one. Then in the afternoon, I scrapbook or read or sew or research genealogy...chore time at 5 (hoovering, cleaning, tidying), we eat dinner around 7, we might do something after-dinner (watch a movie, go out for a walk, run to the store) or we might not.
So far today - I've done dishes, laundry, a scrapbook layout, and I'm about to change litterboxes and hoover (now people are starting to wake up)
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Post by caro on Jun 17, 2016 14:39:27 GMT
Some of my days are full and some of my days aren't. It's all good, it's just life. This is me and I'm ok with it. |
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Post by jassy on Jun 17, 2016 15:17:25 GMT
I'm in a very full season of life - two active and involved teen boys, a full-time job, blah blah blah. I don't mind the busyness because it's mostly very good and fulfilling, but I do also love some down time and I never seem to get to just be. It is rare that I ever get to come home from work and stay in for the night. That seems to happen about one night every two weeks. I would LOVE to sit and read most of the day away. I distinctly remember I did that one Sunday in the winter of 2014 LOL and before that I can't remember.
AS much as I am going to miss the heck out of my kids, I am also looking forward to an empty nest in the coming years. I'm looking forward to the time with my husband, more time to volunteer, get projects done around the house, etc.
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Post by katlady on Jun 17, 2016 15:56:57 GMT
My weekdays are very full since I work full-time. I try to keep one day, usually Sunday's, free of any obligations and commitments so that I can recharge for the upcoming week. It only works out maybe 2 Sundays a month, but it helps. I like downtime.
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Post by Jamie on Jun 17, 2016 17:37:09 GMT
I'm very busy right now. Work a FT job and have a PT job of another 20 hrs a week. Right now I am on 12 days then off 2 as I work e/o weekend at the PT job. I hope to be able to be done with the PT job by this fall, but only time will tell. I'm wishing for the days that I'm bored at home with nothing to do. Right now I'm up at 3am for a 5 am start, work the FT job, go home for 2 hrs or so and usually end up taking a quick nap before heading off to the PT job until 10pm. By time I get home and get to bed, I'm at around 4.5 hrs of sleep. The days I don't work the PT job I'm so exhausted from lack of sleep and being up so early that I'm falling asleep by 6 some nights.
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Post by mimi3566 on Jun 17, 2016 17:43:46 GMT
For the most part yes. I work FT out of the home, then have the usual household chores in the evenings. I have several hobbies that I try to do several evenings a week and on the weekends. I have 3 grandchildren that live in close proximity that my dh & I like to spend time with doing the typical things that families do and I host a family dinner night for my DD, SIL & 3 DGS once a week. So all in all I have a rather full and active life.
I do long sometimes for a more quieter and boring day, but in reality I wouldn't change it for the world.
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Post by myboysnme on Jun 17, 2016 17:49:32 GMT
My days are not full in the way I want them to be. I am on Refupeas way too much because I am bored.
I work full time 5 days a week but my job is feast and famine - busy and then dead.
At home I have housework but I don't feel like spending my time doing housework. So I don't. and things pile up so I am even less motivated than before.
Doing fun things - not so much. I wish I made better use of all the time I have. |
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Post by *KAS* on Jun 17, 2016 17:49:36 GMT
My days are basically booked 6am - 10pm most days, including weekends. It's a lot. Usually too much. And mentally draining. And I don't have kids.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jun 18, 2016 4:08:08 GMT
Yes, but not always in the ways I wish they were. I feel like I'm spinning my wheels most of the time and not really accomplishing much and that frustrates me.
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