Time Management

I talk, and blog, a lot about time management. Why? Because this is a concept which seems to continually escape my grasp. I am a pretty smart person normally able to figure stuff out but when it comes to managing my time so far I cant seem to do it well. The fact that I don't manage my time well really effects my work and my attitude about it.

This week as the sun comes up earlier making the days seem less foreboding my goal is to better manage my time. My hope is to roll out of bed on the days I work late by 8am and not let myself get started reading a book in the morning so I can get at least 2 studio hours, to if nothing else make some magnets and ornaments. As always its a balance and when the days are nicer I am more likely to want to spend the mornings hiking with the dogs than working.

However because of my lousy time management I feel like my production is at almost a standstill. As the year is getting going Vicki and I have secured the dates for our December show and applied to Artsfest. Granted both shows are months away but just because I haven't been working doesn't mean I haven't been thinking. I am pot boiling over with ideas of stuff to make and when my hands are in clay I feel like I am at home, few things make me happier. This weekend I got a new crackberry with all kinds of scheduling features and alarms and I hope this too will help me in my quest to be more organized. However all of this time management and thoughts on art will have to wait for today until the dogs are walked, this is what I am looking at right now:
A Sookie who's eager to have her walk on this sunny day, who has taught me from past experience if I don't manage my time well enough for her to have her walk (at least 45 mins) then I will come home to something I love chewed up on the floor, if only my life could be as simple as a beagles!