Sick day

Today is a sick day. As in, my nose was so stuffy last night that I couldn't breathe or sleep, so I stayed home sick today.

When my alarm went off this morning, I was already awake (as I had been most of the night), so I sent a quick voicemail to my boss letting her know at the very least I needed a couple more hours sleep before functioning today.

Including my "extra" sleep this morning, I figure I accumulated a total of 4, possibly 5, hours of sleep overnight. Coupled with my cold/sinus issues, I am not well-rested. Ugh.

Finally, I can breathe this morning/afternoon, but my throat hurts, my ears hurt and I'm still coughing occasionally. Ultimately, I decided to stay home from work and keep my germs contained to my house.

(Don't worry, my husband has already had this stuff. Hey — I had to get it from somewhere, right?)

Anyway, allow me to share some internal musings. I've said this plenty of times before, but I started this blog, in part, to allow myself the chance to write for fun. *Again,* I'm a writer/editor/photographer/designer at a weekly newspaper for a living, so although I write weekly, most of it is not what I would consider fun writing.

One of my personality flaws is that I don't do things if I can't excel at them. I never learned to whistle or ride a bike because I wasn't great at either during the first few tries. Endearing, I know. Most of the time I excel at writing and editing, hence my job as an editor. But I also enjoy writing, hence my desire to blog.

However, I often get discouraged with my blog/blogging abilities because I fail to keep it updated on a regular basis (because my day job takes A LOT of time) and, let's be honest, because there are probably only three of you reading this. I could call you by name, but I won't.

I would love to present this incredible declaration that I'll find a way to better manage my time and save time for the blog to let my creative juices flow, but I believe I've done that before as well and, obviously, it worked wonders.

So, I'll pose the question to you: what are your tips for time management? How do you manage to find time to do things for you (whether it be blogging or something else)?

I would just love some tips on how to devote more time to the blog instead of only writing a H54F post at the end of the day on a Friday or rambling almost uncontrollably on a sick day. Any advice?