I woke up, got dressed and decided it was time for me to finally go through my starred email. I had a number of emails that required responses and I couldn’t let them sit any longer. Because I am involved with C4L, I had a number of emails from people inquiring about upcoming events and projects. Here’s a couple examples: “Where can I get more information on the 9/12 PA Project?” and “I heard there’s going to be a march in DC on September 12th, can you give me more information?” I have no clue about any of this stuff but I Googled it, got the information and sent it off as a response. Why didn’t the people writing me just Google it? Why did they email me? Weird.

At any rate, I worked my way through my emails… I still have some stuff left to do but the major items are accomplished. I glanced up from Gmail and noticed the clock on the wall said 2:00! I started at 9. How could this have taken me 5 hours! I am beginning to wonder if all the frustration I used to feel had more to do with my penchant for underestimating the time it takes to complete most tasks? My daily task lists were just too long. That’s why I could never finish anything in enough time. But now I wonder how other people do it. There are people out there who get a lot more emails than me! And they have families and lives and work…. how do they accomplish it all? I don’t know. Days speed past me. Books remain unread. Work is not done. How can I accomplish what I want to accomplish, especially when it takes me 5 hours to respond to a handful of emails?