Spending Time

When reflecting in my Mothers' writing journal, I saw a poem by Julia Fletcher Carney,

Little drops of water,
Little grains of sand,
Make the mighty ocean,
And the pleasant land.
Thus the little minutes,
Humble though they be,
Make the mighty ages
Of Eternity.

When asking myself where to begin, I decided the following:
1) I need to categorize my time-spending according to the characteristics that I feel are important to me. In that way, I will find myself looking at the effectiveness and efficiency of how my time is spent. I will also be able to reflect on what is important and what is not and perhaps refine the list of characteristics I deem important to time-spending.
2) I will need to track my time-spending for a period of time in order to see where the time is spent, and if there are trends or motivations behind the time-spending.
3) After tracking for a period of time, I will then determine what to do next.

For now, I will begin tracking my time-spending in my notebook on my IPhone as it is something I carry with me most of the time. It also has a notebook feature that will allow me quickly to track my time.

I am counting on the categories to emerge as I track. For example, this morning I spent 2 hours now on my computer. During that time, I spent approximately an hour reading the tweets on my twitter (learning), and re-tweeting (sharing learning). The rest of the time, I spent on my own blogs (sharing),(reflecting) and (creating).

I realize that tracking is also time consuming, but I'm also hopeful that the tracking will also lead to a streamlining of categories and a motivation to waste less time.