Why?

Today I made the first step toward better time management. Once of the first fruits of the accountability meeting was figuring out where I can mine time from my week and put those precious minute nuggets in the bank for writing and / or finding steady work. I volunteer at my children’s school on Monday morning and Friday afternoon and decided to cut back to just Fridays. When I had to break this to my kindergartener this morning before school, he was pretty disappointed. He said “ Why? Why? I want you there Mommy. Why?” This question crushed me disproportionately. It didn’t feel as liberating as I wanted it to feel – those two precious hours are free for earning – yippee. Instead of giving me a sense of relief it felt like I took a cookie out of his mouth and put it in my own.