{"id":3770,"date":"2011-04-15T09:07:03","date_gmt":"2011-04-15T13:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthomas.com\/photocardblog\/?p=3770"},"modified":"2011-04-15T09:07:03","modified_gmt":"2011-04-15T13:07:03","slug":"om-tick-tock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/om-tick-tock\/","title":{"rendered":"OM :: The Tick Tock"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nNo, not my biological clock… that ship has happily sailed away and two boys is plenty, as you know. And although, I swear I had my first official hot flash this past week, that is not *the tick tock* either.
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\nI’m craving routine in the worst way. I miss having a structured day where the pockets of time are filled with prescribed tasks and each one is completed in that time. Check!
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\nBut as I look at the piles of laundry (all clean, mind you, but they are in what I’m referring to as the staging area [couch]), I wonder if I will ever catch up to the point of making a routine. Time is always my challenge, and even with great plans and a pretty swell brain, I’m only one body with two ears counting the tick tocks.
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\nMaybe routine is not what I need, but a wee bit more control. Lately, I’ve had to be reactionary, instead of leading the way in my life. I understand that life isn’t always in our control and we do need to react instead of lead, but it can’t be all we do. I think that’s how people, particularly women, lose themselves along the way.
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\nMy moment is deciding to take back control. I know the steps I need to take will take some time, but I can make up my mind in an instant. My life will be mine again. Check!
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\n\"om<\/a>OM is *one moment* and is a meetup designed to notice & relish a moment in everyday life. The meetup idea was created by Linda at her blog, a la mode stuff<\/a>.
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\nIf you’d like to participate in OM, just click the button and you’ll be taken to Linda’s post explaining it all.
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