Time Flies...

...All the time.
The saying goes "Time flies when you're having fun", but let me tell you: it doesn't quite slug its way by me while things get rocky. You could lose a whole month to some tragedy, as small as something in your apartment needing repair. And when love is lost? Forget about it.

What's important to remember - when this time suck happens - is that your life is happening. Whether you like it or not. So you might as well find something - at some point throughout the day - that you actually enjoy doing. Or even something you don't enjoy doing that will still make you feel accomplished. That will make you feel like you haven't wasted the day/week/month. It seems like the behavior of a madman, filing your taxes in the midst of a hurricane, and maybe it is! But it will almost always make me feel better (even if only a little bit).

That being said, there is, of course, the suggested virtue of "taking the time you need". On personal relationships, family tragedy, setbacks at your job, what-have-you. There is something beautifully strong about the self-control that it takes some of us just to slow down and admit where we are. All I am suggesting is that when you cannot afford to "take the time you need", you take the time to finish those renovations in your living room. To make that call to your mother. To meal prep. Something.