I'm a reader. Books, magazines, blogs, forums, email, billboards...you name it, my eyes are scanning and reading it. Since I find so many things interesting, I'm subscribed to a number of blogs and email newsletters. I have them sorted into folders as they arrive-homeschool ideas into the Homeschool folder, and general ideas to help me be a better wife, mom, homemaker go into the Mom Stuff folder. The homeschool one I can usually keep up with, but the mom one gets way more messages and I get behind. If I delete w/o reading, I feel guilty, or like I've missed something. This is, of course on top of email that doesn't fit either of those categories!
Lately, I've been taking advantage of Tony's night time music jobs by sitting on the couch with my laptop while TJ watches a movie. He feels more like I'm spending time with him, and I get to catch up. I made a big dent in the total number of messages weekend before last, as Tony played out of town both nights. I was almost able to keep current after that, but today/tonight I managed to clear ALL of my folders of unread messages! Trust me, that's a big accomplishment!
I didn't do any meal planning or homeschool prep, but I do feel good about this being done! I even learned several things and have stuff I want to research too.
So now it's off to bed, where I'll read a few pages from Dumbing Us Down: the Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling by John Taylor Gatto.
Congrats on your catch up! I never fell caught up! What is meal planning,lol?
ReplyDeleteI know what you meAN. With my internet troubles lately, I have gotten hundreds of emails backed up in my inbox, and like you I feel guiltu if i erase them without reading, so it takes forever. I think I am down to 400 after days of cleaning up. That's not counting the new ones....so it goes.
ReplyDeleteOh Polly-I hate that feeling! Have you found a solution for home access yet?
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