am i the only one that feels that way?! never mind that i'm retired and have plenty of time on my hands. but i always feel this time pressure when i go through a long spell of no activity and then suddenly find that i've over-committed myself. it makes me want to grab clumps of my hair and run around like a crazed person, screaming "i can't do it, i can't do it, what have i done?!" ... at least i have the good sense to only do that in my head so that i at least maintain some semblance of normality to the untrained eye.
this sense of impending doom started this past weekend when i suddenly realized that all the fabulous online classes i signed up for back in February start this week. yikes! so the classes in journaling, blogging, photography, and art projects will all be competing for my time and energy.
as everyone who knows me knows, i have a very limited supply of energy and stamina. not to mention a short attention span when it comes to doing things i "should" be doing. i'm easily distracted. *grin*
add to the mix the fact that April is IFJM, which i've mentioned before. i'm determined to participate this year, by hook or by crook. i decided on a theme (more on that later) and have already done most of the research, so i'm ready to make some journal pages, thank goodness.
when i take a deep breath, i actually realize that i can handle these online commitments. but i do feel overwhelmed if i let myself dwell on what i'll need to do for each class. i'll just have to remember these words of wisdom from the White Rabbit: "You made it! Oh dear, it looks like you didn't make it after all, haha he-hoo!"
the alternative is to
go back to my bed
throw bedclothes over my head
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apropos of nothing in particular: here's a little trivia gem i stumbled across when i was looking up the Alice in Wonderland quote i used for the title:
The English novelist Aldous Huxley worked with Walt Disney on early scripts for this project in late 1945. The original idea was
for a cartoon version of Alice embedded in a flesh-and-blood episode
from Lewis Carroll's life. Huxley's mother, Julia Arnold, was one of the little girls that
Carroll used to enjoy photographing, and to whom he told the Alice
stories. The project was close to Huxley's heart, but Disney found his
work too intellectual, and it was not used. Huxley received no credit on
the finished picture.
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