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The light at the end of the tunnel..

© Ronda Asta

Today is July 1st, 2000 as I sit and write this short article. This month I'm going to add a little twist to the type of articles you're used to seeing here on "Organizing Tips". Since the inception of this topic I've shared some "how tos" on getting better organized and implementing better time management techniques in various areas of our lives. Today I'm going to share what happens when all of our good intentions seem absolutely to no avail and I'm doing this from my recent personal experience.

Sometimes things are just totally out of our control. We have some choices to make. We can begin to freak out because of all that is happening or we can choose to go with it knowing that there will be a light at the end of the tunnel. We've probably all heard the term "seeing the light at the end of the tunnel". To me it means that things all around us, everything in our lives are moving so fast and strong that we wonder if it will ever change or slow down. We must remember that it will not always be this way. Our daily lives are full of hundreds of choices and those choices will result in specific outcomes.

For the last two months I've felt my life has been on fast forward. I met my Mom's new boyfriend and shortly thereafter found out there was a wedding in her near future. While processing these first two pieces of new information which will affect my life (I'm used to a Mom whose been single for the past 30 years), there is a trip to the doctors which adds something new to think about. The possibility of a cancer scare in the family begins a series of trips to the doctors, tests and eventually major surgery. In the meantime there is the physical move going on of Mom from her current home into her new home where she'll live after the wedding. She goes through the surgery while we're having a remodeling job done at my house that was already scheduled before any of this news of a new step-dad and surgery is known. Did I mention the wedding reception was going to be at my home and the remodeling took a week longer than expected? The remodeling added a new picture window in my wall I hadn't originally planned on (at least at this time) just to get the new shower I picked out into the new bathroom. It also somehow touched every room in the house with stuff moved out of the way of the remodeling into other areas of the house and dust covering everything. Several other issues came up during this time period that needed dealing with that intertwined with my life. Are you getting the picture?