Someday

It's been a while since my last entry because I've come down with a bad case of Someday-itis.  The symptoms?  An inability to focus, mental fog, and lethargy.  The patient deliriously repeats "Someday I'll catch up, Someday I'll have time for that, Someday, Someday." 

The cure?  The "Do-It-Now" shot in the arm.  I love Don Aslett's book, How to Handle 1,000 Things at Once.  He argues that you'll never have more free time than you have right now.  As we get older, we have less and less.  Having observed several retired people's frantic pace, I'm inclined to agree!  Even if we DO have more free time as we age, the likelihood that we will use that time for what we've dreamed of becomes less and less.  Are you waiting to finally LIVE in retirement?  My dad did that.  He hated working and was so unhappy with his life.  When he finally retired, he was beside himself with joy.  Just a couple years into his retirement, though, he developed lung disease and couldn't do any of the things he promised to do "Someday."

I'm a very busy mom.  Obviously, I don't have time to take piano lessons or play in a tennis leage, right?  Rather than succumb to Someday-itis,  I took Mr. Aslett's advice to heart and started taking piano lessons and playing tennis with my sisters-in-law.  I cannot even tell you how glad I am that I didn't wait!  Playing piano has become an enormous source of stress relief for me.  It has inspired a love of music in my children and has reawakened mine.  Playing tennis has been a fun way to grow closer to the women in my family. 

What would you like to do that you have been putting off?  What if Someday never comes?  What if you never have more free time than you do today?  Think and pray about making your Someday Today!