There’s Just Not Enough Time In The Day

Where have you heard that one before? I think that saying was passed down to me by my mother, but it’s been floating around within the Collective Unconscious for who knows how long?

I wonder if the God of Genesis said that after each day during His Creation Project? Maybe He was planning to create the whole deal on the first day, right after “Let there be light.” But there just wasn’t enough time in the day. So God created night so that He could get busy on His great remodel the next day. But wait! This wasn’t a remodel. This was a model! This was creation. The Creation.

I’m not God (although many religions say that I am a spark thereof), nor would I try to compete with the Almighty. And if there wasn’t enough time in the day for Him, well then, it’s okay if there isn’t enough time for me. I’ve got tomorrow. And the day after that. In fact, until I’m dead, I’ve got all of my tomorrow to take today’s spillovers.

(Note to self…best not to ramble too much without being fully awake.)

This whole reflection began as I was sitting here on my comfy sofa hosting both a cat and my laptop on my lap, watching the dawn, and thinking about what I was going to do today.

Which made me think about what I had accomplished yesterday. I did a lot, but I could have done more. I ran out of time. There’s just not enough time in the day, it seems. Even when we multi-task.

So today is a spill-over day. My goal is to finish the rough draft of my novel before we leave on our trip. Then, when I come home, I’ll be ready to dig into it.

My Big Summer Project.

Already, I can see that it’s going to require lots of re-writing. But I can’t rewrite something that hasn’t been written, so I best get cracking. I love that, by the way….Best Get Crackin’. That one came from my dad, but it’s also been floating around in the Collective Unconscious for sometime now.

I wonder how it started? Crack the whip to start up the horses? I don’t know, but now I’m curious.

Anyone have some spare time to find out?

2 responses to “There’s Just Not Enough Time In The Day”

Vivia

June 10, 2012

Time, sh-mime! Yeah, there never seems to be enough but that’s just ’cause we put it in blocks- hours, days, years- and organize our lives around it. What if we didn’t? Hasn’t someone written a novel about a world without time? Anyway, I’m sitting at my desk by the window as I work on a grant due this Friday which I’ll have little time to work on this week, having signed up for a network analysis workshop. I skipped yoga in order to work but the payoff is I get to see and hear the adolescent crows who cruise through the yard with their older siblings. And hear the wren song, we have lots of wrens, and I love their songs so. Good luck with your Big Summer Project and I hope you have a great trip! I haven’t ventured into the world of twitter yet. Glad you enjoy it but I hope I’ll never have to!

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cammy444

June 10, 2012

Thank you! Big Summer Project and Great Trip take precedence over Tweets and Twits. I’m finding that, if you use it right, Twitter is a good way to quickly grab information of interest…such as the recent writing groups I’ve joined. And, since I’m not really using it socially, other than commenting on my multi-colored sweat coming from my lovely colorful hair, it’s workin’ for me.

I like your payoff and your grant writing will be better for it.

We’ve more ravens than crows. I love listening to them clucking flirts back and forth to one another. They make the oddest sounds!

Have you noticed how there are different bird sounds for different times of the day? Like the mourning doves coo at dawn and dusk, and then the jays start in, etc. It seems like the differing light of the passing hours sparks different birds into activity.

ARGH! I just realized it’s more time sh-mime! At least they’re using a sundial.

Good luck with your deadline. Enjoy your workshop! I’ll be looking forward to more pictures from your blog!

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