I Need More Time

Time management seems to be an issue for everybody. Our college freshmen twins are learning quickly the value of using time wisely. Mom's not there anymore to say, "Study for your test," or "don't forget you need your tennis racquet this afternoon." Now, they're in charge.

Wouldn't it be nice to have a few extra hours in the day? Even one extra hour would help --or would it? I fear that if we had 34, not 24, hours in a day, we'd still feel there's just not enough time.

In my humble opinion, the number one, absolute best way to have more time is to declutter. We need to stop buying stuff and start getting rid of stuff. Here's an example: You need to iron a shirt, but you can't find the iron because it's buried in the closet. And then if you do find the iron, you've got to pull the ironing board from behind all those purses and shoes and find a place to set it up in a cluttered room. And then you trip over all that clutter on the floor when you pull the ironing board through the room.

I've been decluttering for years now, but I've truly become serious about it lately. Our house is for sale, and we're giving serious thought to living on our houseboat. Talk about getting rid of extra stuff . . . try living on a boat!