time management

Wasting time from Melinda-solo 27 days old

The interval between the alarm and the repeat – and the next one… and the next… and the next… slips away too easily. Soon, half an hour has gone, and ...

Working hours from Melinda-solo 39 days old

Woken by the alarm from a dream of kissing. I don’t know who was on the other side of the kiss, and I wasn’t much fussed. Nobody I know in the Real World. The ...

Dress rehearsal from Melinda-solo 48 days old

Got to be at work in two hours. Which maybe doesn’t sound too bad, but… this is me in the morning. So, better not hang around, get on with it. Dress ...

Homework timetable from Melinda-solo 86 days old

‘We haven’t sorted out what we’re doing about the garden’ said Sister in Law from the back seat as we were driving into town. ‘That’s because we didn’t ...

Time and money from Melinda-solo 107 days old

I’m very preoccupied today. Quarter past seven already. Sitting staring at the screen. I didn’t settle during my meditation either, the mind always churning, ...

Shambles from Melinda-solo 117 days old

Committee meeting last night. The last one I went to, I printed out the minutes and agenda in advance and took my note book, but when I got there, the ...

Give me a break? from Melinda-solo 119 days old

Bushka thinks I need a ‘break’. What a strange thing to say. What does he mean by that? A holiday? I don’t know. Maybe I’m completely misinterpreting. I ...

Nothing changes from Melinda-solo 131 days old

‘I come to things like this and I get fired up but I go home and everything drifts away from me, it all comes to nothing. Other things take priority, ...

A leap of faith from Melinda-solo 249 days old

Open the curtains and look out across the rooftops. Behind the shops there is a tree covered with yellow blossom. A young woman with a black pony tail ...

Start again, I heard them say... from Melinda-solo 251 days old

I set the alarm for 5:30, woke at 10 past and got up at 25 past. It’s now 6, I’ve done my meditation, made my coffee, here I am. Though I wonder sometimes ...