tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post6124539429111146657..comments2024-03-28T15:55:53.792+10:00Comments on down to earth: Time managementUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-69009543590591866322015-06-30T14:29:07.029+10:002015-06-30T14:29:07.029+10:00I love all that you have written here. A pet peeve...I love all that you have written here. A pet peeve of mine is when people use the excuses "I'm just too busy" or I don't have time. We all have the same amount of time in each day, it's about prioritising, time management and planning. herozeroequalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12409248553166953275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-84063329446788885992009-01-21T01:21:00.000+10:002009-01-21T01:21:00.000+10:00Hi! I just found your blog. These tips are really ...Hi! I just found your blog. These tips are really great. Simple but it helps to be reminded.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06530095901177938232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-63189327487672639692008-12-05T05:54:00.000+10:002008-12-05T05:54:00.000+10:00I LOVE waking up early in the morning. I am usuall...I LOVE waking up early in the morning. I am usually up by 5, but if I feel 'called', you will find me up at 4. Oh how I cherish these times. I've been praying to be wise with the time I have been given each day, to spend my time productively and with a joyfilled heart. I loved this post..Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom..((hugs))Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11857554289543670693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-89416094144955469302008-11-12T23:10:00.000+10:002008-11-12T23:10:00.000+10:00Wonderful post, as always, Rhonda :) I have a terr...Wonderful post, as always, Rhonda :) I have a terrible habit of jumping from one thing to another, and leaving tasks undone. And, I have a tendency to be absentminded...<BR/><BR/>I think a bit more organisation is just what is called for in my life!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-32786551605551793262008-11-11T04:47:00.000+10:002008-11-11T04:47:00.000+10:00WOW! I just found you through Ravelry and I'm so, ...WOW! I just found you through Ravelry and I'm so, so glad I did! I just wrote a post last night on how scattered I feel. I can't seem to get myself back in order after all the election obsession (thank goodness is wasn't for nothing!!!). So, I am starting with new lists and a bit more focus. I will need to bookmark this post to help with that last part. ;)<BR/><BR/>Our lives could not be more different - I'm a city mouse living in a concrete loft in the sky - but WOW, this blog is inspiring. I do live frugally, and hope someday to have my own little piece of land....until then I will dream through this site.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-86145461086696579952008-11-10T09:52:00.000+10:002008-11-10T09:52:00.000+10:00Excellent Post! One to come back to and ponder.Oh...Excellent Post! One to come back to and ponder.<BR/><BR/>Oh, I know what you mean about e-mails. I am at least a month behind but I'm chipping away at them.<BR/><BR/>I so love to hear from people but having been ill along with having to prepare our place for the soon coming winter made for little e-mail time.Brenda@CoffeeTeaBookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02719695370857675146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-64435125912456239542008-11-07T22:08:00.000+10:002008-11-07T22:08:00.000+10:00Thank you Rhonda for a great post. I also think it...Thank you Rhonda for a great post. I also think it's great to make list of your goals, it really helps you to stay focused. I also make sure that i get time in there for meditation and fun things too. sometimes if we feel we have a lot to do we forget to do those things that brings us peace and joy :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-14502320195037977542008-11-07T10:47:00.000+10:002008-11-07T10:47:00.000+10:00Rhonda-- Just wanted to post and say how sorry I w...Rhonda-- Just wanted to post and say how sorry I was to see that the comments in your Yes We Can post turned into a ideological debate. It was a beautiful post and deserved more respect. Take care.Michelle, Queen Behind the Lens!https://www.blogger.com/profile/09690579025990749957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-22672384777501085132008-11-07T09:13:00.000+10:002008-11-07T09:13:00.000+10:00Hi RhondaI can't believe people can be so rude as ...Hi Rhonda<BR/><BR/>I can't believe people can be so rude as to 'demand' a reply from you.<BR/><BR/>Had a quick squwiz at this post but will come back for a slow read later. From the looks of it, another great post to make us think.<BR/><BR/>Cheers - JoolzJoolzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07490462580345458546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-69240702220976800622008-11-07T07:46:00.000+10:002008-11-07T07:46:00.000+10:00Time manageent is something I've always had proble...Time manageent is something I've always had problems with, but am working to improve on. I'm getting better but have a long ways to go. I found giving up my afternoon soaps (really only 1, occasionaly 2 a day) was the biggest time saver for me. I told myself it wasn't a waste of time, as I would do my knitting then as well, but I've found my knitting has picked up speed (and quality!) by switching from TV to the classics on the radio. Thank you for this post. Some great tips on how to get started or improve on where we are at the moment.Boondock Ma (Kim's Mom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12913040101512312836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-35356756789892423392008-11-07T07:06:00.000+10:002008-11-07T07:06:00.000+10:00thanks for the time management suggests.thanks for the time management suggests.Reneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15851356325972107488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-36658594876667095262008-11-07T06:18:00.000+10:002008-11-07T06:18:00.000+10:00Helpful and thought provoking post, thanks Rhonda!...Helpful and thought provoking post, thanks Rhonda!<BR/>For time managament assistance I have looked to my grandparents who have been a wonderful inspiration, Laura Ingalls as they had a rhythm to their days, flylady dot net has helped me to not be overqhlemed with the housework and to do little bits each day; and finally gather little bits here and there.<BR/>We have the tv off ALOT, it's wonderful! I have cut down my computer time and when I haven't been up most of the night with little children I love the early hours of the morning - the peace, the solitude and the ability to achieve so much before the children rise.<BR/>My husband and father are also a help - they are the ones that tell me to do a little often.<BR/>Thankyou again for writing such a helpful post!<BR/>Bec xxxBechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17946899924830065258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-18283915572765084702008-11-07T01:54:00.000+10:002008-11-07T01:54:00.000+10:00Rhonda...we are just the opposite. Since I worked...Rhonda...we are just the opposite. Since I worked for so many years and raised 2 generations of children for 40 years, now I like to live without schedules. I work occasionally to supplement my retirement, but when I am at home, I have no schedule and just take life as it comes. If I want to sit on my porch and read all afternoon, I do. Sometimes, I take long walks on the nature trail for inspiration and some days I work on my crafts. I also love to bake and cook, but if I don't feel like it one day, we have pancakes or eggs for dinner. <BR/><BR/>I feel so grateful to live simply so that I can indulge in my simple pleasures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-7603087859705593242008-11-07T01:53:00.000+10:002008-11-07T01:53:00.000+10:00I really like this post. It made me think, and I a...I really like this post. It made me think, and I am going to try to incorporate a couple of your suggestions. Thanks!gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08905596165694578898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-6222968002539847852008-11-07T01:38:00.000+10:002008-11-07T01:38:00.000+10:00Good post Rhonda! It's always a shock to my entir...Good post Rhonda! It's always a shock to my entire system when daylight savings goes away for the winter (where does it go I wonder!?). My "at home" time seems mostly to be in the dark and cold. I don't mind the cold but it does seem that I have to readjust to the dark times of the year. I'm struggling to be more productive when I get home from work and just know that watching trash tv is the culprit. <BR/><BR/>At the risk of being a "post killer" (and forgive me) I'm reflecting on all those comments from your last post. Winston Churchill once said "A 20 year old person who is not a liberal has no heart. A 40 year old person who is still a liberal has no brain". I guess I have no brain! Then again it was Mark Twain who said "the liberals of this century are the conservatives of the next".<BR/>It's as hard for a liberal to tolerate a conservative's ideas as it is the reverse. Always will be - and we always must try.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-86600131678658126622008-11-07T01:08:00.000+10:002008-11-07T01:08:00.000+10:00Great blog!I heard someone once say that a key to ...Great blog!<BR/><BR/>I heard someone once say that a key to good parenting is to "beat your kids up" every day. <BR/><BR/>I like the idea of making lists, but I always forget where I put them.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831577769797947426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-63012496955493698862008-11-06T22:56:00.000+10:002008-11-06T22:56:00.000+10:00What a great post Rhonda, and a reminder when life...What a great post Rhonda, and a reminder when life seems to want to overtake us with all its demands and you can't work out what to tackle first and you find yourself in a big pickle just worrying about getting through the day! Thanks.Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16241518311069179507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-71097987500391985562008-11-06T19:06:00.000+10:002008-11-06T19:06:00.000+10:00I have found FlyLady (a free website and mailing l...I have found FlyLady (a free website and mailing list) really helpful for structuring my days, and there is lots of helpful stuff on her website. However, I do <BR/>killfile a lot of e-mail that doesn't apply to me or that I find annoying. Disclaimer: I'm one of the co-moderators of a FlyLady-related list.Chookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07230973711859964063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-8051130452707707532008-11-06T18:11:00.000+10:002008-11-06T18:11:00.000+10:00Just wanted to share this with you and fellow read...Just wanted to share this with you and fellow readers:<BR/><BR/>On Melbourne Cup day my paretns asked us to attendd a function at their retirement village. What a joy to see people well into their 80's and some even 90's having fun and dressing up, hats and all for a special lunch. Some of the men had been prisoners of war and worked on the Burma railway and others also had fought in the 2nd world war. Many of the ladies are now on their own so rely on each other for company and fun. So many were an inspiration. Then I found out that two of these 'old fellas' ( one of whom is my father), have taken on a section of the communal vegetable garden to grow vegetables for their little community. Both have their own plots in their small backyards but this is an extra. I thought how lovely it was that even though both well into their 80's there is still that old fashioned ideal of looking after your neighbor. Another gentlemen turned up on the day who had been very ill and his daughter and son-in-law bought him along. The warm welcome and clapping and hugs he received bought tears to my eyes - which is not always hard to do.<BR/><BR/>I do hope we can all have this same caring philosphy as we get even older, I guess it is what we have been teaching our children and grandchildren, now we know it was passed down to us without even realizing it.<BR/><BR/>Wishing everyone a happy day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-54987282844665918712008-11-06T17:15:00.000+10:002008-11-06T17:15:00.000+10:00Snap - I was a mature student - with a young famil...Snap - I was a mature student - with a young family - so the only time I had to work on my essays was when I woke at 4.30 a.m. and cracked on with them. Fortunately I've always been an early riser, and it's a habit which is still with me. I come on the computer first thing, and then the rest of the day is for "doing" - currently reclaiming a big chunk of paddock and doubling the size of our soft fruit plot and vegetable garden.Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05798594086901897654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-65176671226234729322008-11-06T13:17:00.000+10:002008-11-06T13:17:00.000+10:00I found your blog via several others. I like your ...I found your blog via several others. I like your canning skills and stockpiling.....so we have several things in common. I'm a Rhonda too. Take care.Rhondahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06471317644488778051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-3241702255710489672008-11-06T12:50:00.000+10:002008-11-06T12:50:00.000+10:00Thank you so much for replying to my query I do a...Thank you so much for replying to my query I do appreciate your good council. I was unaware of your being ill Rhonda. I do hope your health pursues and and catches you in an embrace. I will try the water trick in the morning. What a delight and joy it was to serve the family the foods I have grown. Rhonda I am so grateful I did not give up on my dream and made it happen , even if it was to be here in the suburbs.<BR/><BR/>I use a life balance wheel. A pie chart of type and note each aspect of my personalty. Education, physical care, parenting, homemaking, spiritual, Relationships, Art/crafts (creative outlet), finance, pet care, and Menu, Gardening/yard care and my newest slice...the "I matter to me" slice. As you can see my pie is cut thin so...I just make a bigger pie! :) Management is as important to me as balance.<BR/>Each slice of the pie overlaps another. <BR/>Perhaps this will help foster ideas for your writ.Donettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13530145585581721795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-6527582135793104182008-11-06T12:07:00.000+10:002008-11-06T12:07:00.000+10:00Thank you for this post and I want to know if some...Thank you for this post and I want to know if somehow you were in my front room last night?!? I was just wondering to myself how I could possibly get everything done that I need to do.<BR/>I will take your advice and make it fit my life style and go for it! Thanks again!claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16572555442321120647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-34902115084970943192008-11-06T12:05:00.000+10:002008-11-06T12:05:00.000+10:00I love the picture of the hens looking at the gras...I love the picture of the hens looking at the grass. I guess to them it is greener on the other side, LOLAmy Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12847471571806317804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-10305576968592408842008-11-06T11:56:00.000+10:002008-11-06T11:56:00.000+10:00Time gets lost for me while I am on the computer l...Time gets lost for me while I am on the computer lol.. I really needed to hear this today! Thank you Rhonda, once again!Naomihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08736311664644091120noreply@blogger.com