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Here it is, Sunday evening once again. I find myself wondering if someone has managed to find a way to speed up the earth’s rotation because I’m quite certain I haven’t had a full two days since I switched from work mode to home mode.
Last week’s work week sped by like a bullet train and this weekend passed before my eyes like a parade. I wonder what it’ll feel like 30 years from now?! YIKES.
I find, more and more, the thoughts and plans and things I want to accomplish grow more and more, and yet the available hours of the day in which to accomplish them do not multiply at the same rate. Maybe I want too much. Maybe I strive too hard for things that don’t matter.
Do they matter? What matters? How do I tell the difference?
The Home Front
On Saturday we took mini-man downtown to his first IMAX movie – Wild Ocean 3D – and then to the Chinese New Year celebrations at the International Village and a stroll through Chinatown. Well, okay, the Chinatown part was more for my husband, who was stoked to take home a BBQ duck and assorted sauces for cheap; and the cultural experience of the Chinese New Year celebrations included mini-man enjoying the bouncy castle in the kids’ room, sponsored by the Vancouver Aquarium… But it was a fun family day.
Today was spent at church in the morning, where my pastor delivered quite the funny sermon – I thought maybe he was practicing for a stand-up routine… a bit like the Mars Hill Church guy for a bit. Very enjoyable. Then came grocery shopping, nap time and playing at Go Bananas. Following that brush with every biological organism known to man, mini-man and I returned home to where dinner and a game of Wii Bowling awaited us.
All in all a good weekend.
The problem is, I have so many more things I want to fit in to a weekend. I wanted to get some laundry done, shop for a couple of new tops, go for a run or take a yoga class and do my ironing.
I’m actually kind of grateful my husband isn’t working right now. At least he can take care of the house work during the work week so we can pack in the fun on weekends and I can attend to my various social media conversations, hobbies, blogs and business ideas in the evenings.
Here is just a short list of items on my spare-time agenda:
- Blog my thoughts here so my head doesn’t explode
- Spend more time reading my bible and praying
- Write the songs God is laying on my heart
- Renew my mortgage
- Prepare my business plan for Intrinsic Influence
- Blog some more for Urban Shore & build the community
- Figure out how to customize CSS
- Read more and engage with other bloggers
- Update Manding Jata to self-hosted WordPress
- Run and snowboard more
The Work Front
On the eve of yet another work week, my head has already shifted to the days ahead…
There are also so many things I want to accomplish for Grouse Mountain before the Olympics come to Vancouver in 2010. It’s just a goal date I’ve picked to have finalized certain new programs, campaigns and communication methods/tools I want to implement, but it’s pretty ambitious for what I want to do:
- Finalize our mobile website – m.grousemountain.com
- Customize GrousePark Sessions as a self-hosted WordPress blog
- Build a better corporate blog and engage more staff in social media
- Completely re-build our e-commerce solution
- Implement a CRM system to help people get the most value out of our products
- Implement a loyalty program mountain-wide including F&B and retail
No small task eh? I know.
I also plan to continue pushing social media engagement as a valid business tool and would love the opportunity to start speaking on the topic at various industry events. I’m not in a hurry, though.
There are times I wish I could slow down the pace of thoughts. Perhaps I should re-listen to that sermon from this morning… Keeping It Simple, Pastor Owen Scott.
You iron? Seriously, I’m impressed. I only iron fabric for sewing, never actual clothing. And I’m also impressed by the songwriting. That’s a gift I have never been blessed with. I love to sing, but I’m in awe of people who can actually compose.
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You know, I hear you. You seem like someone who is super motivated and a “doer”. That’s great!
I also suffer the same sort of feelings about my days and weeks. I wish there was so much more I could have packed in to them. I often have a checklist of things and no matter how hard I try I can never cram them into one day… but perhaps I should have never made that list that long in the first place
I hope you had a chance to relax on your vacation. Sounds like you are right back into the swing of things!
P.S. Your new blog features are awesome!
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Hello Michelle,
Great post and a very important search – work-life balance… With the amount of information and responsibilities poking at us from all levels it can be difficult for most people. I’m going through my own search of being able to work, get things accomplished yet at the same time feel centered and in balance. In my experience we’re all unique however I do think we have a tendency to put a lot of pressure on ourselves to achieve.
I’ll keep an eye on your posts and looking forward to learning some things.
Thanks.
Kevin
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@amber haha… no. I don’t iron. That’s the problem. I’m out of clothing now until I do *blush*
@allie I’m totally on board with the lists (as you can see). Problem is I don’t usually write them down. So I end up with downtime and just do something wasteful like nap or go online and then wonder why I didn’t get things done that I’d wanted to. I do have to focus on simplifying though. Not sure what should go
@Kevin Thanks for visiting! Always nice to meet new people. Yep, definite tendencies towards achievement. I have to stop and wonder some times what I’m afraid of and what I stand to gain from being an ‘achiever’.