Stop Procrastinating! Make Magic Happen by Picking One Priority Each Day
I went to bed the other night feeling blah. I had glimpsed the teenage version of my 10-year-old daughter berating me for ruining her evening. Mean old mom that I am, I insisted we finish a chapter of our read-aloud before starting a movie. Then I rained on the movie-watching parade by hitting pause half-way through. Much to my daughter’s chagrin, “lights out” trumps all the other activities she’d rather be doing at 8 p.m. It never seems like there are enough hours in the day. And yet, when we put life’s demands and our hearts desires in their proper place on our list of priorities, time management magic can happen. I reminded my daughter that life is full of wonderful choices and millions of valuable ways to spend our time. She had invited a friend over that afternoon to play and craft Christmas presents–only to run out of time that evening for family movie night. Other days she chooses to make music or play hide-and-seek with her siblings rather than complete her daily required read