I had a professor at BYU who told us that we were all living life exactly the way that we each thought best. Some of the students argued and said there are so many things they would do better or different. He said if you really thought that those things were best, you would actually do them.

His comments were meant to make us think, and also inspire us to do more. But, I think he's exactly right. Perhaps on paper (or a painless music video) studying is what you think you should do, but really, all in all you might rather go to Denny's and just hang out. Or sleep. Or whatever it is that you actually do.

When I think of all the things I might do with a perfect life, if I were living each day exactly the way I thought best, it's too much. I can't even fit it all in. I mean, I could take the time to fit a few more things in than I do, but if I tried to do it all, it would just be exhausting. It wouldn't even be good.

Truthfully, I give myself a lot of slack, so I get most of what I expect of myself done. I used to write these huge to-do lists every week, cross off maybe half of them and then just start my next list's week over again. I didn't expect to get everything done in the week, just these were all the things I wanted to get done. Lately, I've been trying to be more realistic about what I can actually do in any given day. And, I like that better. I like actually checking everything off my list.

With our new schedule of public schooling and home schooling, I feel like I'm still finding my way and figuring out how to fit everything in. I've had some extra projects with work this last week and it seems like my normal schedule of homeschool, work, cleaning and feeding the family doesn't have that much extra space in it. Once I added the extra work, it edged out almost all of my personal time during the day.

That's okay, though. There's a good feeling to being busy and productive. I like the feeling of being done even better. For now, I'm not taking on any new projects for awhile. Although, in all the rush and buzz of this last week, I came up with a good idea for a kid's art history book. I'll have to see if I can figure out the time. If I really want to do it, I'll find the time.