The Scarcity of Time (and focus)

My "vacation" started off with a chill up my spine. 

Five days before I were to begin my two week break (since transferring to Family Medicine, I had not felt the need to take any vacation, and thus allowed it to pile up to the point when I'm almost forced to take two week, back-to-back...), as I was saying, five days before I were to being my break, I sat quietly in front of the OR waiting for the next case, taping my fingers onto the tiny keyboard on my palm pilot...

"Things to do for my 2 weeks off..."

Study LMCC Part II

Review several papers I had put aside last few months

Actually read through the BC Clinical Practice Guidelines

Study my RxFiles booklet

Consolidate my internet medical resources

Study dermatology

Read though my pediatric atlas of diagnosis textbook

Study orthopedics and sports medicine

Review the SOGC guide to menopause

Study OCPs and women's health

Practice Guitar

Do my taxes

Study about investing, the damned TFSA...

Look for a house to buy

Decide if I can actually afford a house to buy...

Learn about mortgages

Catch up with friends

Cook at least two meals

Upload the photos from my photo exhibit...

Think about my R2 research project

Think about my life...

Run. I'm doing the SunRun, dammit. 

Visit Queenie at Victoria. 

See the dentist. 

Do my long awaited H. Pylori test for gastritis. 

Update my blog...

I was carried away. They called me to start the case. I was already sweating. 

There is no way I can accomplish all of the above in two weeks. Yet those are the things that I had piled up in my life while going through one rotation after another. The thing is, we all know the dark, dark truth... that our lives will only get busier, not easier. 

And those above are just the bare essentials to get by. Everybody is busy. Everybody has their plates full. I just don't know why I am so bad at handling it. 

I try so hard to simplify. But I simply cannot. I failed to simplify my life. It's.. feels... so... complicated. 

I've been reading a lot about investing lately. Can't wait to start building my wealth. Save up so that I can have the latitude to ease up and do what I want in my life later on. There's a wise saying, that the best way to save up is to "live within my means, financially". 

Somehow, I tend to think, if I only learn to extend that, to live within my means, socially, mentally, temporally. 

Time is truly our most valuable commodity. And it seems to be the hardest one to ever earn. 

Back to now of my "tasks" now...

At least I've started publishing my blog again.