Metal Mummy

I’m normally quite happy just trudging along, doing things at my own pace (or indeed, not doing things at all) but I’m starting to think I need some sort of organisation going on. I’m struggling to keep on top if things with my usual blasé attitude. It’s hindering me more than helping nowadays.

In fact, I’ve set up an individual calendar on my Google account JUST to schedule stuff in to my days. I need to do it this way, else my time management will go out of the window (I’m not even sure it was ever there in the first place…)

For the first time in what seems like forever, I have actually got a lot to do. I think I’ve been so used to being a stay at home mum and that was where it stopped, that I’ve kind of forgotten what being busy feels like.

This is just to let everyone know that I’m still here. It’s really pissed me off and kicked me into touch, when I took a look (try saying that in a Stoke accent. It’s funny) at the front page of my blog and all I can see is memes. Don’t get me wrong, I love memes, but what happened to ME? What happened to random stories of Freyja? (Incidentally, she’s currently standing outside roaring at a bedsheet…)

I want to get that back. I want to make time to write blog posts. I need to find the time to catch up on reviews. Yes, I still want to take part in memes, so I’ll need to make time for those too.

I’m going to actually use a desk for the first time since I started my blogging journey. I’m going to make a workspace. Just for writing. Mainly so that I can’t be distracted with whatever pap is on the TV. I’m also going to make time JUST for blogging and writing, which means Twitter and Facebook won’t be flickering away in the background.

You see, nowadays, it isn’t just Freyja and the blog I need to pay attention to. It’s the housework (which, of course, was there before, but it’s building at the moment because I haven’t done it for so long). It’s the fact that I work 20 hours a week and as part of that, I write the pub quiz, which although a small job, it’s still time consuming. I’m also Chairmum of our regions’ Netmums meet ups. Which, on its’ own, doesn’t take much time at all when it comes to organising events. The problem lies in attending these events, along with the groups I take Freyja to, on top of the random trips to friends’ houses, the park and the seaside. It’s summer after all. We need to be out and enjoying it. I need to make time for this.

And the other thing that I really want to make time for is Brew Drinking Thinkings. I am the film writer over there and I’m loving it. I love writing about something I am passionate about. I love receiving press releases and finding out about the latest films coming our way. I love writing features and updating readers with what is on at our cinema and on our telly box. I just need to manage my time better so that I’m not rushing around like a blue-arsed fly trying to get stuff done. I’m better than that.

So, Google calendar will be my saviour. I will be scheduling specific times to do stuff every week. The primary focus being on Freyja. It will also include one day off a week. Probably a Saturday, where I can do whatever the hell I want to do. Because I can.