Caught up in Circles again!


Very short of time today, so I have to fall back on a cheeky repost. From November 2012; it would appear I was in the same boat then as I am now…

Confusion is nothing new.

So sang Cyndi Lauper in the song ‘Time After Time’, which was going to be the title of this post, and then I thought the title I went with had just a little more oomph.

Every now and then, I find myself ahead of time. I have time on my hands. I can do whatever I need to do, and still have hours left to do it all again if I wanted to.

Lately, I’m meeting myself coming backwards. I’ve gone full circle, and instead of time being on my hands, I am now, once again, at the mercy of time.

I start to do something, check the time, and notice ninety minutes have gone by. It was only a three minute job – why did it take ninety minutes?

I’ve stopped asking.

I know, that soon, things will flip again, and I’ll be ahead of time. Again.

For a while.

Then, things will flip again, and I’ll be trying to catch up again.

I need to find the middle ground, but until I do, I’ll be lurching from racing-dude to taking-it-easy-man every other minute / day / week / month or so.

I don’t notice the transitions – I just find myself inside these little ‘chronal pockets’ – I’m either slowly watching things fly by me at warp speed, or I’m stuck in a slow motion world.

Things are flying by me right now. Even now that I schedule these posts, and I’m ahead of the game in writing the post, I’m behind on reading and commenting on the blogs I follow.

I fall behind.

The second hand unwinds.

The drum beats out of time.

I will get back to visiting and commenting very soon.

Time after time…

10 responses to “Caught up in Circles again!”

  1. prenin avatar

    Tempus Fugits as it may and all our dreams do fade away and with them our immortality… 🙂 ❤

    Good choice Tom and very true this year as last… 🙂

    God Bless!

    Prenin.

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      I need to organise time better, Prenin… must sort that out!

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  2. anitashree avatar

    Ha! I know exactly what you mean!

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      Something must be done about it, Shree.

      Like

  3. anitashree avatar

    Hmmmm…my comment disappeared :/ I said Ha! I know exactly what you meant! I do that too..ALL the time! and sometimes when I DO have time for myself..I have no idea what to do…feel kinda lost :/ lol

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      How odd… it was there for me – I’ve just replied to it! 😀 😉
      I always find that, Shree – I have more time when I’ve nothing to do. What a paradox!

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  4. Sue Dreamwalker avatar

    I am pleased some things never change Tom for you wouldn’t be you other wise my friend.. 🙂

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      Aw, thanks Sue! I am trying to change, however… subtly.

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