I wish I had more time for fun, to be in the moment with no concerns or stress. Without thinking about what should be, could be, would be.
I wish I had more time with those I’ve lost. To know more, learn more, appreciate more. To say the things I wish I’d said, to ask the questions I wish I’d asked. To hear their stories and tell my own.
I wish I had more time as me; no role to hide behind. To remember the old me, to get to know the new me. To understand my life, my loves, my frustrations, myself. To focus on the good, work on the bad; to discover and grow.
I wish I had more time at this. At writing; expanding ideas, catching thoughts. Playing with words, spinning stories. Recording moments, capturing memories. Honing, sharpening, improving.
I wish I had more time on projects. Ones just for me. To paint again, to draw. To lose myself in the process; to stretch myself, to push myself, to create. To try new things, learn new skills, get excited.
I wish I had more time to simply be. To enjoy my children, not clean. To spend time with my family, not shop. To go to the park, not tidy. To do activities, not laundry. To laugh without thought; to smile without worry.
I wish I had more time in hand for all these things. Endless moments for all I love; no compromises; no missed opportunities.
I wish I had more time for everything; but until I do, every moment I have will count.
You can find this weeks #ThePrompt linky here. I do hope this topic inspired you; I look forward to reading about what you would do if you had more time.
I’m nodding along with all of these, except the creative point – I can’t draw for toffee but as for the rest of it , Yes me too!
Thanks Lou x
I hear you! I wrote about one aspect of this that you mention last week… The Monotony of Motherhood (http://www.amyransom.com/life-with-kids/monotony-motherhood/)
No matter what we do there’s never enough of that precious commodity, time, is there?
Lovely post ;)
Thanks Amy, I’ve just read your post, it’s wonderful, and so true x
Fab poem and sentiment hon. Great that you enjoy every moment, life is way too short to get hung up on the little things xx
Thank you lovely x
Beautiful! I love this weeks prompt, thank you for hosting!
Thank you Ellen x
I can really relate to your post. I think as busy mums we are all the same. Sometimes you wonder where all the time goes, and what you used to do pre-children! x Mel
Oh, you do, don’t you. It doesn’t seem possible when another day/week fly past! I also wonder what on earth I did with my days before I had kids :)
Lovely post Sara – I share so many of those sentiments… It’s funny, I spent so many years as a teen wanting time to speed up so I could be older, but now I’m a mum in my mid-thirties I often wish time could stand still! And I wish so much that I could have had a little more time with those we’ve lost.
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You’re right, we seem to spend so much of our lives wishing time away, wanting to get to the next thing faster, then we wish we could have it all back. I certainly wish time would go a little slower sometimes with the kids, they are growing up way too fast x
Love this – if only there were 36 hours in every day! Great prompt this week
Thank you! 36 would be good :) Although, I suspect we’d all fill them too!
Sara this is my favorite of your prompts. I love it and you have wrote it so beautiful. Overall we all need more time. Life is so short to try to do it all and take it all in but wouldn’t it be nice if we could. Lovely lovely words here my dear. Love it. I feel this way day in and day out. Maybe I don’t need more time just more hands? #prompt
Thank you Jenny x It would be lovely to have just a bit more time, wouldn’t it?
I kept nodding as I read your post! Ironically it’s because I have no time at the mo (getting ready for move) that I wasn’t able to add to the prompt!!! (sorry!)
Ah, there are never enough hours for everything, are there?!
Wonderful piece of writing Sara x
Thank you x
Beautiful writing Sara :-) In an ideal world I guess we would all like longer to spend with our loved ones, enjoying life and you are definitely right about making every moment count.
Thank you Denise, we should definitely make each moment count x
A wise person once said to me that there were two certainties in life – 1) that time would keep marching on and 2) that we all die in the end. I think if we can make the time to do the things we wished we had time to do then we should do so – occasionally throw it all to the wind, sod the ironing, the cleaning and the washing, go to the park, play on the swings, enjoy the pleasures of being with your kids. (That’s my excuse for a permanently messy house, and I’m sticking to it!) And don’t worry if you get totally involved in your writing, or take up drawing again -happy mum equals happy kids. Good luck!
Very wise. And, I think you’re right, sometimes we just need to make the time x
Lovely post and I can relate to so much of it. Time is a luxury that I just don’t seem to have these days! Hence I didn’t have time to join in with the prompt again this week, sorry lovely! xx
Thank you x I think we’re all so busy, trying to keep on top of everything, and something has to give most of the time!
Ah, this is like a beautiful prose poem Sara! I think that aside from the little differences in our interests this is very much similar (I know – separated at birth!) to my thoughts on the subject! Writing, projects, enjoying the children, letting go of the stress of it all… Its funny because I was also thinking, its not only ‘if I had more time’ but ‘if I had more money’ for surely having the money to pay for someone else to do all your cleaning, laundry and chores would give you the time to do the good bits. And therefore I wonder how differently a post like this would look from someone with bags of money like Victoria Beckham, say… or maybe she just wouldn’t need to bother because she is time rich…
Interesting, I think we are definitely time poor, and I have to admit when I was working we had a cleaner because we were just getting no time to do fun stuff at the weekends and it was awful. That made quite a difference to our ‘time off’. We were still busy though…
So agree with all of this. I hate the housework for the time it takes me away from my kids. They always know where to find me – with my head in the washing machine. The only answer I have is to stay up later, which I do sometimes, but it’s not sustainable on a regular basis. I get too snappy. Hope the Time Fairy comes and sprinkles some magic dust on you tonight. x
So true, when I try to do everything my nights get later, I get grumpier and the time I have with the kids becomes much less fun! Tricky balance x
Adore this, especially the last line “I wish I had more time for everything; but until I do, every moment I have will count.”
Sometimes all the moments get lost. I’ve been thinking so much lately about what I do have and realising how lucky I am. We will always want more but taking in the present is so important.
Thanks for hosting this gorgeous linky xxx
That’s the thing isn’t, it would be wonderful to have more time, but we mustn’t wish away the time we do have x
In my head I am so busy of thinking so many things and I miss the art part of my life too. The one that mixes watercolor and do strokes on paper. I know how it feels to get lost in doing this process. It is a lovely place to be in aint it. To draw. i miss it too but you are right… so many things to do so little time so lets just cease the day and be thankful for what we have.
Absolutely, it’s something I would love to make time for, but there is so much else I want to do too – and I want to enjoy the moments we do have x
Very nicely put Sara. I hope you soon fund enough time to rekindle your love of painting :)http://littlehouseintheborders.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/word-of-week.html
Thank you, I hope so too x
Love it. I always wish I had more time though and find I have wasted what little I have enormously. Or have I? Enjoyed linking up with this topic. Looking forward to future posts – love organic ideas like this! A fab way to produce content :)
Thank you so much for joining in, heading over to read yours now! Glad you like the idea :)
Yes, yes, yes, YES!!!!!
Lol :)
This is so reflective and beautifullly written. I love the last line.
Thank you x
Beautifully written and all so true – what I would give for some more hours in the day! Maybe I’d’ve managed to finish this week’s post on time then… I’ll get there eventually though! X
A few more hours each day would be fab, but I bet we’d fill them and still look for more :)
Yes! I could have wrote this myself. There never ever seems to be enough time now I am a mama.
I know, there really are not enough hours in the day :)