If you’ve been here a while or read back, you may be aware that I was trying to accomplish fifty things before I turned fifty. Because life got lifey, it became 50 things before the end of my fiftieth year. Well, that all got blown to hell with 2026 exploding onto the scene with all kinds of other diversions.

What this got me thinking about – besides finishing the list, was time.

Not only would I like to complete the list (I need to edit & revise it), there are other things I want to do. But I never seem to have the time. I am always busy with something or other but can’t find the time to do something that are really important to me. Is it a matter of being distracted (TV? Social media? Over subscribing myself?)? Is it that I am busy doing too much for others around me (cooking too much, running errands for other people)? Likely, it is a combo of both with poor time management skills.

So, my gift to me is a few hours a week dedicated to personal pursuit and passions. Not as an ad hoc to get things done, but as an intentional piece of time to devote to myself.