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Scheduling. Who would think of a plan to illustrate my time spent. Now a budget is simplicity with money. That would be a "time budget". There is only one major difference between time and money and that's we can borrow money and we can't borrow time. Once time is gone its gone and there is no way to get it back. Because there's no way to borrow more. We need to analyze focus on time spent wisely. As designing our schedule we create achievement. Anyway we don't let others dictate our agendas. Daily, weekly, monthly. Don't be discouraged. No paper/pen pusher here. Start simple. Refresh yourself through the day. Reminder as to where you are in your day. " Ring Ring Ring". Hello Fred, what's up? Dude just calling to see if your family wants in on a weekend trip to the mountains. Catch those rapids and thrill of the water falls and hot springs. Short drive and great weather ahead. "What do you say bud?" Sounds great fantastic but a little early in the week to be decisive and I need to check base at the store front. Can I get back to you later? "Sure. Not much". " I got to send specs". "Catch you later".....here's the example you've been waiting for. Monday, Monday morning. Incentive. Spring is the fever. Should I or should we engage. Rewarding, relaxing is the sensation. No foolin around I got to get the petunias in my grandmothers yard. Lunch time is ringing the bell. When was coffee break? How about a new brunch break. I could go for a croissant or two. Grandmother I need to wash my hands sit down with some coffee. I'll take you up on your offer of a biscuit or two. Just black no crème or sugar. "My son what is the rush"? "No rush I got those flowers planted". " Need anything else done before the holiday?". "Trees I noticed need a little pruning". Try to tidy them a bit before lunch and will be good for the day". "Lunch here or you going out"? "Got fried chicken". "I'll get a bite here". "I don't want to drive clear across town to the diner". "gas just isn't spitting seeds.". "You should invest in the EV's. "Problem solved". Remember Ecclesiastes 3:1---" There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under heaven.". She's so grateful for her son and his new commitment to the family. I mean they had your husband/wife picked out before the dawn of time------. Make up your mind to say no to begin with the next time and you'll save yourself some pain and embarrassment. Its o.k. to have anxiety. In the meantime you know how much you can handle. If someone asks you to do something and you are not honestly not sure whether or not you have the time the best thing to do is to be completely candid. You may not have the option of saying no now. Realize this that God is seldom if ever in a hurry. And now other things have occurred. So if this extra activity is a burden then find a time that you could easily and readily pencil it in. Only because I feel I have twice as much to do as you have time to do it in. "Grandmother I found some other landscaping to finish before lunch. " Pruning trees isn't in the cards right now and maybe another day." "They can wait a bit". Don't feel guilty you fulfilled your promise here honorably. And to give you grace and favor a plan to prune the trees a next time would be accountable. I need to get it done I know its a fact. Never enough time in the day. " I suppose we can wait I do need to leave and do some shopping you can come by on Wednesday young man and will plan to close Spring clean-up". "See you then". "Sounds like a plan". There is a " forest" in Ephesians 6 and I didn't want to get lost in the trees. I better pickup the old scissors and have them sharpened which will encourage me to stay with my short haul of labor. Too some extent we all plan. To live without planning is to drift along with the tide and that tide may carry you into some places you need not have visited. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Its important to get your own batteries charged so you can be of service to others. Society has changed dramatically over the last fifty years that is no longer possible in many families to have grandparents living in proximity to each other. What if instead of your quiet time you were just leaving to have tea with the President of the United States? How would you handle the interruption then? Would you be more motivated to postpone it? Don't ever make the mistake of telling the other person what you are doing with your time. If you do you'll run the risk of offending them because they compare there need with your priority and feel they are a lower priority. One of the keys to time accountability. You need to know when you summit yourself to a consensus process. A pathway to freedom. So that time away planned your escape. Hopefully you're to the point now where you see the importance of planning ahead. But how much time have you spent considering "the big picture". The idea is to create as pleasant and positive an environment as possible so to let you become criterion. No official directional guide. What better calling and final judgment. When you arrive at your destination you can then make yourself comfortable experience increasing freedom from anxiety. Have you ever thought of interruptions as destructive? They are you know. They are definitely unavoidable at times and they are definitely necessary at times, but they are destructive. They destroy your train of thought or your course of action whenever they occur. Scheduling is s technique you learned. "Honey I'm home.". " ring ring ring'. "Bill " "yea , Fred count me in". " just you? "My better half also". " It continues to look like a good idea". An opportunity for free exchange of ideas as well as for just "catching up". " Fred were leaving at 05:00 a.m. to begin our retreat". "Anyway the better equipped we'll be to "hit the road running"

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