Thursday, February 28, 2008

Smiting myself with a time management book



I would love, really and truly love, to have a set schedule. I would. You know, get up, have a shower, breakfast, workout, start the laundry, all in a neat and tidy order, all by XXX o'clock a/pm. I'd love that.

It's just not going to happen.

Here's my average day. It goes one of two ways...

Version 1

  • Out of bed sometime between 11 am and 3 pm.
  • Meditate for however long it takes my brain to start functioning
  • Start the coffee
  • Boot the laptop and say hello to whoever I need to say hello to today
  • Drink coffee and knit

Anywhere from 1 to 4 hours after I wake up the hubbo wakes up as well. At that point

  • Have breakfast
  • Get back on the computer/out of the way until the hubbo goes to work
  • Grab a quick shower, if I'm going to
  • Start the laundry
  • Alternate doing chores with fooling around on the computer until people go to bed.
  • Knit and listen to my podcast collection/read for a while until the hubbo gets home
  • Go to bed 17-20 hours after I got up.

Version 2:

  • Out of bed sometime between 11 am and 3 pm.
  • Meditate for however long it takes my brain to start functioning
  • Start the coffee
  • Boot the laptop and say hello to whoever I need to say hello to today
  • Drink coffee and knit

Anywhere from 1 to 4 hours after I wake up the hubbo wakes up as well. At that point

  • Have breakfast
  • Grab a quick shower, if I'm going to
  • Start the laundry
  • Alternate watching movies/Stargate with fooling around on the computer until people go to bed.
  • Somewhere in there break for supper
  • Go to bed 17-20 hours after I got up.

And here is my ideal day, really

  • Out of bed sometime between 11 am and 3 pm.
  • Meditate for however long it takes my brain to start functioning
  • Start the coffee
  • Boot the laptop and say hello to whoever I need to say hello to today
  • Have breakfast
  • Grab a quick shower, if I'm going to
  • Start the laundry
  • Drink coffee and knit until it's time to go somewhere/the hubbo goes to work/it's time to meet someone on line
  • Alternate watching movies/Stargate/doing chores with fooling around on the computer until people go to bed.
  • Somewhere in there break for supper
  • Knit and listen to podcasts/read for a while
  • Go to bed 17-20 hours after I got up.
I see the problem, it's a painfully obvious problem. But 3 days out of the week breakfast is the only meal the hubbo and I have together and I am not going to give it up. Maybe 4 days. Or two days. And sometimes I don't know until a few hours before.

And I already know I don't sleep well without the hubbo, and his schedule is *very* random as to when he gets to sleep. So while I may never have things done by XXX a/pm, it would be nice to say "have them done XXX hours after I get up". So be able to say.

  • Get up = hour 0
  • Hour 1 = Start the coffee, boot the laptop
  • Hour 2 = Have breakfast
  • Hour 3 = Workout
  • Hour 3.30 = Have a shower
  • Hour 4 = Get dressed and start the laundry

And so on right down the line.

*sigh*

Well, now that I have the problem defined, how to find an answer.