THE SEVEN THINGS I HAVE TO DO

I've been doing some calculations. I've figured that it's sensible to build margins into your life, moments of down-time, perhaps time between the times, or just contingencies.

I've been wondering though, how that ideal squares up against the Seven Things I Have To Do, and whether in fact, there really is enough time - or whether (as I suspect) I have to choose which of the Seven just won't fit:

* Eat Healthy
* Sleep Well
* Exercise Often
* Work Hard
* Keep a Tidy Home
* Serve in Ministry
* Have Fun With Friends/Family

The results aren't encouraging. The graph shows how they fit if I somehow manage to do them all on the days I'd like to do them. It is possible, but with so little contingency. So what's happening to me then, is that out of the Seven Things, all the ones that don't impact anybody else get dropped, and I'm slowly getting buried in tiredness and mess.

It shouldn't be this way, should it? I feel like I need a month off from everything I do, just to get my flat sorted, my car sorted, and my diet sorted out. But you can't pause time, can you? And I need friendship like I need to work. And I need to serve too, and do everything else. There aren't easy answers, but something's just got to give. And I'm a little worried that ultimately, that something will be all of me.