Darn you, Oprah Winfrey!

Okay -- I guess I can't really blame Oprah, but darn it, she really gets me thinking.

Honestly, I love the woman. She does an amazing amount of good for people and she tries to get the rest of us to do the same to the best of our ability. And this is where my frustration lies -- what is it I should be doing??

I constantly have this feeling that I am not giving back to the best of my ability. I know I could be doing more. My struggle is -- how? and when? and where? Most of the time I can barely find the time or energy to do the things I need to for my family. So how do I find the time for more? Other people do it -- surely if I get off my rear, I can too!

I suppose if I could get my life in general more organized, that would be a start. I have a list a million miles long of projects and things to do. Getting them done is another story. I used to be ridiculously organized. This is not the case anymore.

Maybe there never comes a point where we feel satisfied with things as they are. Maybe we aren't supposed to. I guess we should always be striving to become better and do more.

I've also decided that I need some magic formula that will allow me to survive on just an hour or two of sleep each night. Wouldn't that rock?? I would totally love having seven or eight hours all to myself while my family and the rest of the world around me was sleeping! Maybe then I could make a dent in my to do list. Of course, this isn't going to happen. I spent the first fourteen months of my youngest son's life getting just three or four hours of sleep each night and it wasn't pretty.

Okay -- enough for today. When I figure out the secret of how to accomplish it all, I promise I'll share.

Just don't hold your breath!