What I have learned in 3 days

    Today I got out of the house with makeup and deodorant applied and teeth brushed.
 Even better I made it to work on time.

Last night I almost made my 1:00 a.m. bedtime.  I was a little late getting off the computer (12:40ish) and I wanted to make sure to continue my habit of 20-30 minutes of  tidying up and prep for the next day before bed. I finished up some laundry, put some away. Picked up the living room, straightened my bathroom a bit and was in bed by 1:20ish.  I read for a while finishing the first two chapters of The Blessed Life by Robert Morris.  Which probably put me asleep by 2:30ish. 

I woke up this morning at 11:00 (getting 8.5 hours of sleep) and started getting ready for work.  Quick shower, Iron clothes, dressed, makeup, teeth, deodorant, Hair and grab something for lunch and supper and out the door.

On the way to work this morning I listened to a podcast lesson by Preacher Bob Coy on Finding favor with God.

I had a great day at work, talked with Jason on the way home and discovered that he had made supper (Pork roast, mashed potatoes and green beans) he had straightened and cleaned the living room, moved the internet router to the bedroom, and he was thinking about rearranging our bedroom.

Two hazards in the way of my journey to a more productive, less cluttered, more organized pleasant existence are 1. Having my laptop in the living room which keeps me up later at night and 2. Reclining sofa.  For whatever reason my reclining sofa is like that black hole of laziness that sucks my butt into it.  There is a reason there a brand of recliners called Lazyboys; just saying.


After helping J rearrange the bedroom to accommodate my computer desk which I am at right now, we also switched sides of the bed, mainly because I like being closest to the door.  How important is it to you to sleep on a certain side of the bed, and furthermore is it a certain side of the room or is it the side of the bed that matters, just curious?

Lastly I ate my supper at the kitchen table, continued my nightly laundry/pickup prep routine and ready now to play a little longer on the computer and read a little before bed.

Hours in a week.

Day Two of the transformed life and it went... okay. I didn't get up on time, that may be because I stayed up til 3 this morning working on some of my other goals and so I have set a bedtime for myself. It is currently set at 1:00 am and I want to eventually get it back to midnight and maybe even 11:00 but its about baby steps people.


I did a little bit of math today and figured that there are 168 hours in a week: 7 x 24 = 168
If I sleep 8 hours a night 6 days a week and give myself one "sleep-in day" a week at 10 hours I get,
6 x 8 = 48 & 48 + 10 = 58 I spend 58 hours a week sleeping.

For each work week I am required to work a minimum of 45 hours and usually average around 50.

I spend 5 hours and 15 minutes a week on personal care and hygiene.

Meals at home = 4 hours
Grocery Shopping = 2 hours
Chores/Errands = 5 hours
Commuting = 7 hours

Jason time = 14 hours
Family / Friend = 3 hours
Church = 7 hours
Youth Group Prep = 5 hours
Prayer/Study = 4 hours
Exercise = 3 hours

Add all these hours up and you get... 167.25.
Which leaves me 45 minutes a week for fun and leisure!!!

That is not gonna be okay.
Granted I can multitask some of this stuff. For example I do a lot of praying and listening to the word preached or praise during my commute and usually spend the drive home from work talking to Jason, so there is some overlapping there. But where else am I going wrong? Any thoughts?