Wasting Time
Filed Under (misc stuff, rants, training) by Marie on Jan 13, 2010 2:20 pm
So, anyone else out there just have the feeling that you’re wasting your time? Not just by reading this blog, LOL but in general? I’ve been feeling that way a lot lately.
I know that part of my problem is that I hate winter. I could ramble on for pages about how much I hate this time of year. I sometimes wish I was one of those animals that just hibernates through the winter only to wake up when spring comes again. Well, enough of wishful thinking, back to reality. The reality is that I seem to find myself at about 5:00 each afternoon wondering how in the world I’ve managed to waste another day. Sometimes, it’s not even a logical thought, (since there are lots of days that I’ve really done a quite a bit before 5:00 rolls around), but nevertheless…5:00 hits and so does this now familiar state of slow motion panic that my day is gone! I scramble to get outside, clean up the yard, train/play with the dogs and start dinner. LOL
Well, I’m sick of it! So, I’m trying to look at things and see what is helping me and what is making matters worse around here. One of the things that I know is a kind of two-edged sword is all the time I spend on the computer. Depending on the day, (and sometimes the hour), reading about what everyone else is up to with their dogs and their training can really give me the motivation I need to get out and try something new with my training. Other days, I just find myself comparing what I do (or haven’t done) with what seem to me to be amazing dog trainers and people in general, and I get so discouraged with my efforts. Do you guys do this too?
So, what’s the solution? I know there has to be a balance, but I’ve never been good at finding balance. LOL I think I’ll work on coming up with something to help remedy my time wasting this week. I’ll let you know if I stumble across anything earth-shattering.
I hate winter too. There is only a short amount of daylight left when I get home from work. So if I want to do anything , I better get a move on. But sometimes I just want to relax for a while before I start training or going for a hike. No time for that, it will be dark. Ugh! I hate it. Summer is much better. Enough daylight to hike and train. Diana
Maybe you are experiencing let down from finishing that big dog room project! But mom hates winter too. It’s cold and dark all the time. Something around 68 days until spring now. But at least the days are getting a little longer – here it is still light out at 5:45PM (it used to be dark at 5:20). So we are moving in the right direction.
I know what you mean about the computer and reading blogs. Mostly it inspires us. But sometimes it takes so long to read/comment and after that we don’t feel like blogging ourselves. Also it is very addicting and hard to stay away from checking the blog page throughout the day. Crazy. At least we are not addicted to Facebook (I hear that is even worse)! LOL!
Ricky you must have been reading my mind. LOL
Facebook is indeed the biggest time sucker that I’ve ever encountered! I got on Facebook because Dare’s littermate River…well her mom is on there and she said we could keep in touch. Harmless right? Well, the bad part is that it’s not like a blog that people update once or twice a week or maybe at most once a day. On Facebook, some people are telling you what they are doing all through the day. It is totally addictive. In my reviewing everything last night, I know it’s one of my biggest time wasters.
So…last night, I closed my account or page or whatever they call it. LOL I figured it was the only way to stop looking obsessively at what everyone was doing. I wasn’t going to just back off gradually I knew better than that.
PS The dog room project started a snowball effect. The whole rest of the house looks so shabby compared to it that I started another room. Plus I had left over paint and couldn’t let it go to waste. I’ll be posting the next house project in a few days!
Well, if you are on to other house projects then you are getting lots done! Looking forward to seeing the next room! And living vicariously through your success!!
LOL! I didn’t realize you were addicted to FB! Mom has 3 friends (she was basically forced into starting her account) but she totally saw how bad it would be to go on there and have people update you many times throughout the day! Blogging is a huge addiction in itself for mom – see she is already back here checking to see if you commented to her and commenting to you again!
Don’t ever go on Twitter!!! LOL!
These obsessions won’t be so bad once the weather gets nice again and we can go outside!
Facebook is a BAD thing
I deactivated my account after only being on it for a couple of hours. Set yourself a time limit for being on the computer because I agree it is a time waster. I do hibernate in the Winter:-)
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I agree that reading blogs and FB gets addicting. I limit myself (sort of and not always successfully) to looking at all the blogs in the a.m. while I eat breakfast, and then maybe not looking till right before I got to bed. Unless I’m bored with housework, then I’m back on and if that happens I’m DOOMED to get nothing done!
I don’t read all of FB, just the first page or so, so I miss a lot but that’s ok. I say, limit your time, like you would for a kid who watches too much TV. And geeze, if you’re doing more rooms you’re already WAY more productive than I am!!!
Hehe, yeah. It’s a good thing that I don’t have kids. I can’t even keep myself in line. Anyway, it’s good to hear that I’m not alone.
As for the new project…I’ve got most of my part done, but my husband told me told me his part may take until next week to finish. Bummer, I was really hoping to have things back together things weekend. Oh well, it’ll be worth it.
yeah it’s super hard to limit time on computer sites… I have a hard time myself. And balance is a hard thing to achieve! I still like FB but I’m having to reduce my own time on it as well. It’s way too much of a time sink.
And I don’t read as many blogs as I’d like to… don’t have the time! I guess that’s one thing I don’t do. Bleh.
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Oh gosh I waste so much time on Twitter and Facebook and checking the rescue sites for new dogs
I have to make a list each night for what to do the next morning or I don’t get anything done. One trick is to make a list of three things that must get done for that day. Only worrying about three things seems to make life less stressful for me.