It's a shame really because in those dreamy hours of productivity I would love to continue with my big projects like cleaning out closets, organizing our stuff, working on good mail, playing games with the kids, and reading alertly for another hour a day. How would that be? A girl can dream can't she?
I suppose I just have to accept the fact that the morning and early afternoon hours are the best for me, so I should make better use of them. In general I'm pretty productive and happy with my days, but it would be really nice to feel like I had a say over what I do in the evenings.
**Can you still be productive at night?
Do you need more hours or just better hours?
How can I have a full closet and nothing to wear?**
Do you need more hours or just better hours?
How can I have a full closet and nothing to wear?**
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i have to agree that with a little more planning, i could make better use of some of my hours. i have the best intentions for the evenings when i'm sitting at my desk at 4:30 pm, but invariably by the time i get home, i'm ready for p.j.s and t.v.
True, true. I feel my productivity shut down in the evenings too, although last night I made myself do some revolutionary menu planning. Not done yet, but off to a good start.
Lately I've had nothing to wear either.
Not only do I feel unproductive but I often beat myself up about it. That's what I need to work on - giving myself a break!
oh i am on the not productive in the eve train-- except when i fuel up with a starbucks after 5pm, then i am very productive.
and up all night
so the next day/night won't be very productive b/c i did not get any sleep the previous night due to the coffee.
oh dear
Once my kids get home from school, my productivity level goes down the tube. If it doesn't get done while they are gone, it doesn't get done at all. That's why my 25th hour would happen in the middle of the day.
Glad to know I'm not the only one with a closet full of clothes and nothing to wear. LOL
I need to use my morning hours so much better. By afternoon I am just dragging right now.
So, maybe your extra hour should come in the morning?
I had a closet full of clothes and nothing to wear yesterday, so I took almost everything out of it and got rid of all those clothes I never want to wear again--including my entire Paris wardrobe! I'm hoping that none of those clothes fit me when the weather warms up enough to wear them again.
I'm not productive at night at all. It's totally as you say, once you get all the "have to's" done, I'm just tired. I wish I was more scheduled during the day, but my lunch endeavors take up so much time, and also take so much of my energy. Although, I have to say that even when I wasn't doing lunch, I still wasn't all that organized. Funny.
I agree, too, Jill. I always have high hopes of riding an evening high...you'd think after this many years of evening lows I'd get it, but I don't.
After the kids get home, I have no time for myself. So I have to get everything done before they get home.
Great spt:)
I think I need a combination of more time AND better use of the time I've got! And I also have a closet full of clothes and nothing to wear...
I can be creatively productive- but not household productive. Night is when I get the best ideas and put them to work. I need the more/better combo hours. If my girls would nap at the same time everyday, I would conquer so much!
A closet full and nothing to wear is happening over here too...
Oh! And you are looking great- I keep meaning to tell you that when you post a SP. Your gymtastic mornings are working!
I think this is a seasonal thing - because I'm sure I achieve more in summer evenings than in winter evenings. Even if the kids entertain themselves, I still see the light fading and panic that the day is over and I can't cram everything in. Whereas in the summer, it could be 8.30/9pm and I could happily let the kids continue playing in the garden while I busied myself inside...
But the whole sleep balance is an issue too.
I'm not sure what you mean about your clothes, Jill. Surely you wear a housecoat or an apron during the day, don't you?
(only kidding!)
You look good in your portrait, by the way!
What an interesting post. I love the topic.
I'm extremely productive in the evening. Way more so than the mornings. It takes me forever to start waking up! I feel like I'm groggy half the day.
Then I can't unwind at night!
I need both, productive and do over hours. I can get more done when Ryan is sleeping and that is the time I feel like I need to run like a mad woman from one thing to the next, but then feel so guilty if I don't take that time to have one on one with Olivia since she never gets it!
Short sleeves?
I need better productivity. I normally shut down in the evenings but I love the nights when I get a second wind and get tons done. Such a headstart for "tomorrow."
Your hair looks fantastic.
I would say I am the MOST productive during the night time hours. This would explain why I stay up until 1 or 2 in the morning. Although I'm always hating myself the next morning.
I'm kind of a freak about my closet, so that would be a waste of my extra hour- for me I would spend it doing a creative project.
When I push myself the evenings are my most productive time because I have one child in school and THREE at home...which means that no matter how productive I want to be during the day it just "ain't gonna happen." :)
Cute hair!
My mornings are shot, because I refuse to get up early and exercise, so by the time I get the kids to school and then exercise and get cleaned up, it's close to 11 am. Then I only have until they come home at 3:30. Of course how productive can you be with 2 toddlers at home anyway?
All my close are boring, too!
I am so useless in the evenings too! I really have to pep myself to do anything once we get the boys to bed. My adorable husband is the opposite he gets most everything done in the evenings while I am sleeping-Ha!
Oh, I love your picture! My closet is full of clothes I don't/can't wear. I have like 3 "uniforms" I rotate through. I need better hours, not wasteful ones. Sometimes at night I get bursts of energy and I can sew or something, but most of the time I just want to chill. I hear ya.
Ah, too true. Productivity of the true 24 would definitely improve my situation. And reading "alertly" when it gets to the later hours definitely presents problems for my tired eyes!
by the way...you seem incredibly productive (from an outsider's vantage)...I'm so often impressed by how much you manage to fit into a single day.
Oooh! I agree about not needing necessarily more hours in the day, just more productive ones. I need to use my time more wisely and make better choices.
I hear you on that first sentence! I have hours, I just need to use them better.
I could stand to make better use of my evening hours too.
yes to more productive hours not more hours. i love how you said that.
I'm with you, after dinner I'm done for the day with my house. It never bothers me though because its the time to be with family and work on fun projects. I just need to be better at getting to bed, it's hard to stop in the quiet.
I often get a burst of energy at night, but since having Stella it is spent doing housework. Before Stella it was time I spent doing crafty things. I usually really look forward to getting in bed with my book!
**Can you still be productive at night? NEVER thats my check out time!!
Do you need more hours or just better hours? i cant handle more hours!! is that bad?!?!
How can I have a full closet and nothing to wear? i finally had to throw TONS of clothes out so i could REALLY see what i had in there..
That is a nice picture of you! My "going downhill" time of day is the afternoon, so I can relate a bit. I feel like I have a full closet, but it's full of stuff that doesn't QUITE fit right, needs a button, etc.
My productivity goes down in the evenings, too. If I sit down on the couch, I'm done. It's some sort of comfy magnet for my tired body. But, if I can manage to stay upright, I can do a lot more. Too bad the couch calls more often than not.
So, yes ... definitely more productive hours needed, not just more hours.
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