The morning paper

Outside there are cars passing by and the sun's soft light on the horizon makes my curtains come to life again. The city is awake and moving. My day is just beginning. Many things must be done before my head hits the pillow again tonight. The weekend is here with a couple of to-dos left on my, "you must do list." It's often quoted that there's is 24 hours in a day yet the real truth is there is only twelve, the remaining twelve you spend getting ready for bed, sleeping or counting sheep. The night should always be reserved for you; a little personal time, if you will. Where it's OK to get lost in a great movie, load clothes in and out of the dryer, talk on the phone with relatives or look for something that you've misplaced. Whatever you want to do. So it's reasonable to say that when you schedule a 12 hour day, it's a good idea to schedule it a few days in advance or it can be gone like a dream with nothing being done other than simple chores. Leaving those same to-dos until tomorrow or worse next week.



I've found a new appreciation for being on time and in style. A good friend of mine purchased a nice Coach watch for me; just because. It's has a simple pearl face, gold hour marks with a stainless steel band that's modestly embellished. I have been wearing it now for 10 years and the look has remained simple but classic. I never looked at watches before the way I do now. Because now I look at time differently, I see a watch as a tool.

I'm not perfect but this is how I manage to get some things done during the day...err and night.
My day is broken up into minuscule activities. I schedule every project into 15 minute intervals. For instant I will say that it will take me 30 minutes to get to my destination, I block out two lines for the drive 15/15 (minutes). Now maybe there's a little time between stop lights to fill out forms or call a client but my foot is off the break as soon as the light turns green.


My twelve hours begin when I wake in the morning to fix breakfast around 5:30 am. This leaves some computer time and few minutes to look in the closet to find something to wear. Around 7:30 I do a yoga class on the fit channel. I don't know how I existed without a little yoga in the morning. At 8:00 a.m. I get dressed, this takes me about an hour. At 9:00a.m. I start my to-d0 list, making calls, computer work and setting up showings. Then it's off to a meeting, I schedule my first appointment around 10:00-10:15 a.m. At 12 p.m. I take a small break and figure my next meeting time and the reminder of the day. My next appointment is about 1:45 p.m. At 2:45 p.m. I take notes, make any calls that I need to make and before making the next showing if I have one scheduled around 4:00pm. At 5:00 p.m. I'm wrapping things up and doing any last minute projects like going to the bank, library, bookstore. It's never boring. My twelve hours have a different set-up everyday with a lot of unstructured spaces between showings and meeting clients, random must-do projects and unexpected calls that take 10 to 15 minutes to complete. A day can easily get lost if I'm not on a 15minute scheduling log.




xoxo