Never Enough Time

I've had this struggle all of my adult life. I never had enough time to get things done that I *needed* and *wanted* to finish. Now, to be fair, there is a huge difference between need and want in that I feel I must qualify each. When you are young, everything (mostly) is a want. My daughter *wants* this and that, all the time. Today it's a car, tomorrow, who knows? Being a single mother, I felt I had plenty of items I couldn't give to Jade, though, when in the process of moving, I must have given away thousands of dollars worth of those "wants" of hers. Some barely touched. All in all, I can say she didn't 'want' for much at all.


Need is entirely different. Some would say that it's easier to obtain. A need might be to visit the doctor or to do the laundry. On the surface, it might seem needs are easier to obtain. Thus, I present to you the adult 'needs' list:
- Down time (How many can relate to this one?)
- Time to catch up with old friends (...too many times, I've picked up the phone to be pulled away by fill-in-the-blank?)
- More time with family and the ones you love (I truly value this as I grow older. Every moment is special)
- Catch up time (whether it be to sift through emails, catalogs, Facebook updates, kids homework)
- Free time (to scrapbook, read the pile of books that keep piling, to travel, to realize your dreams)


We come full circle at some point, when wants can be had at your nearest mall or from Amazon.com, but needs are what we "want" most...

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All the best!

Nikki