Shift to Lane 2 - FAMILY

Now that Lane 1 is on its way to being cleaned up and focused on (there is still work to do), lets take a look at Lane 2.
Lane 2 is the biggest lane of all and the most congested and hectic.

This is where I dump all the other lanes that were introduced to me years ago. There were 8 of them. I was so overwhelmed and found that each lane over lapped the others, some took more time and energy and some became broken down and deserted all together.

Once i decided to combine all the lanes into 3 of the most traveled, I realized that Lane 2 held many of the 5 lanes that I didn't know what to do with. But we will get into that later. For now, lets take a look at what all falls into Lane 2, Family.

There's the obvious things like Marriage, Children, Grandchildren, and pets. But what about the not so obvious things that go along with the above 4 items like; sports, kids activities, vacations, money, crafts, home repairs, home maintenance, weddings, funerals, budgets, money, friends, exercise and so much more? Don't all of these things help to make this lane run? Maybe this lane should be called HOME and not just FAMILY.

On the wall in my kitchen, there's a very large dry erase calendar and all important events MUST be written on the calendar or they will be forgotten. There's therapy, football, basketball, acting, piano lessons, weddings, first day of school, Baraccuda camp, and practice for this or that. But what about the other things, like date night or exercise time or things that take up my time but are not on the calendar? Should those things be on there? Should each hour of my day be documented so I dont miss anything?

How on earth do I schedule every hour of my day? How do I make sure one area isnt lacking, while other areas are over worked? One thing Mom used to tell me was to take care of myself first and everything else would fall into place but I have yet to figure out how this works!  Surely, we are not meant to live in a world where every hour of the day is scheduled.  But then again, if each hour is scheduled, I get so much more done! I won't stop until the list is complete, or pretty close!

So, I think in order for this lane to move more efficiently, I need to prioritize what all goes into this lane and start from there.