Time

Tonight I came home from work and hoped online to play an online PC game for just a few minutes while dinner was cooking. I was telling myself it will only be for half an hour as I had to go shopping for groceries, wanted to run, shower, and take care of some record keeping. Instead some friends ended up online and I ended up playing almost three and half hours and did not get to anything except my shower.

I remember wanting to stop playing but I could not remember why or what I wanted to do. For whatever reason I was not willing to say I had to get off line. The guys weren’t pushy and it was all in fun. The experience reminded me of a book I read recently where the author was talking about making time for yourself and being able to set limits on strong or influential people in your life or they will pull you into what they want to do & how they want their time spent. I would not necessarily say these guys are strong but influential but it was a reminder that I should keep to a schedule if I want to use my time to accomplish what I intended to accomplish this evening. I am usually pretty good about setting boundaries and how I use my time. tonight served as an example of what happens when I don't stick to my boundaries, I will get sucked into what other people want me to do.