How to Make Time for the Authentic You?

Friday, Selah and I baked cupcakes for our girlscout troop's surprise party. Today she had her first garage sale. Tomorrow she is attending a girlfriend's birthday party, while I hang out with my best friend, who had a birthday last week. Next week we have meet the teacher, a doctor's appointment, two editing client appointments and Women of Faith Conference. This afternoon I wondered when will I have time for me?

There is a me that loves to create things. Paintings, music(tenor sax,) stories. I love to spend time listening to my girlscout troop. Young girls with free imagination are quite creative. They remind me of who I was before I let bills, past disappointments, and my own self-defeated attitude keep me from living free. My faith--or lack thereof-- also keep me from living authentic.

My daughter needs an authentic parent more than a kiddy chaffeur. Don't you agree?

And I want to be free again.

So this is what I'm doing.

• Reducing my commitments
• Turning my phone off during my peak writing hours.
• Increasing my creative time.
  
• Saying "no" to the next request asked of me. (unless it's God of course.)
• Blogging about things that matter or should matter.
• Pray more
• Sleep more
• Allow my daughter free time(her day doesn't have to be so scheduled)
  

What would yo do? How do you make time to live the authentic you?