I know that it has been a while since I posted regularly. Part of that was vacation and then returning to a ton of work to do at work. The other part was that I wanted to redesign my blog Thoughts of a Simple Man and I wanted to redo my other personal site Scott Phillips Dot Org. Now that I have accomplished both of those as well as updating my son’s and my daughter’s sites with pictures from vacation, I can now sit back and get busy reorganizing my free time. I want to get to the point where I have enough time in a day to do all the things I want to. I’m realizing that there isn’t enough time in a day. I really need to cut back on the podcasts that I listen to. I have a lot and I’ve fallen so far behind in listening, that I’ll never catch up. There are a few that I have kept up with, and these will probably be the ones I keep. It is just hard to eliminate them, most of them are really great. They just add up to a lot of time, and seeing as my commute to work is about 8 minutes if there is traffic, I’ll never be able to fit them in. I also need to set aside time to read and to write, and I don’t mean in my blogs. I have to find a way to fit it in, but I think that everyday may be too much. I may need to stagger them out so I’ll be able to have time for family and friends.

Speaking of friends, I definitely want to make more time for them. I haven’t been in touch with most of them and I feel awful about it. I know that it is a two way street and if they wanted to talk to me they could make an attempt. I’m just so bad at making the effort to contact them. I need to also do more things with my family. Other than just sit around the house. I have to admit that I have a great job, I work somewhere between 30 to 35 hours a week. I get paid for 40 regardless. It is a pretty sweet deal. My boss also takes care of the other employees here with free hours. It just amazes me that they complain about it. Ok went off on a tangent there. I have plenty of down time, time that I’m not working. I want to make some quality time for my family and my friends. I need to evaluate my free time and just put it to better use. I’ll let you all know what I come up with.