This weekend marked two months since I last wrote anything here. It’s not exactly by accident.
In my 2013 round up post I mentioned there had been some very bad news in the wider Parkes family. It took a little while for this to fully sink in but it made me think about exactly what’s important to me and how I prioritise certain things.
There are only 24 hours in a day and 7 days in a week and I want to spend as much of that time with the people who are important to me, enjoying life and doing things I enjoy.
Of course there is still that balancing act between putting in the hours at work because enjoying life costs money!
What that has meant though is tweaking how I make use of time and shifting priorities around certain things. Writing here is an example. If I’ve got an hour free and the choice might be between writing something or kicking a football in the garden with the kids then these days the blog post loses every time.
It’s a pretty simple example but it stretches across into work too. We’ve had a particularly busy period recently so I’ve done my best not to increase my own workload by getting involved in certain things and drop other areas altogether. (I have a bad habit of not being able to say no that I’ve been trying to work on for some time)
I’m also effectively off Twitter at the moment – I check there a couple of times a week at the moment as I’d find myself “having a quick look” and before I knew it an hour was gone.
It’s working out ok at the moment.
So this post is really going anywhere else but it’s something I wanted to get out of my head. Doing that here has worked pretty well for me before. 
If you do want to take anything away then please do believe when I say you have no idea what could happen tomorrow. Terrible and tragic things can and do happen to good people. Make the most of the time you have with the people you love.
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Wise words mate, I hope everything is ok.
You’re so right Andy, seeing the news over the last couple of weeks does show how important time is and how we should all manage it better and as you say, prioritise it better. I’ve also done a lot less Facebook, but guilty of tweeting more. 🙁
Caught me off guard with that Andy but thanks, I’m glad you did.
It’s incredibly easy to take things for granted and all too easy to forget each day is a blessing.
*guiltily shuts down HootSuite* 🙂