Plans. We all have plans. It might be; go to the store tomorrow and do the monthly grocery shopping. It might be to plan the next family trip to somewhere exotic. There are the plans we make, like the shopping that will definitely happen and those that won’t, like that exotic vacation for just you and the spouse.

I’m a retiree, so you’d think I would have a pretty free calendar. That’s what you’d think if you didn’t know me. I do quite a bit of volunteer work; I like to go out with friends.  Of course I also want to hang with the hubby. There’s exercising, gardening, taking care of the house, you know, all of the nuts and bolts of living.

But I’m also a writer. I have lots of things I want to get done: edit the last draft novel, write short stories, design book (paper and ebook) covers, blog, outline the next novel idea, indie publish said stories or novels, submit other stories/novels to magazines and publishers.  But life interferes. I have to do the other stuff, hang with spouse, garden, shower.

I love doing those other things, so I have to balance them. Tomorrow morning I go hiking, I have to call my mom about lunch time my time zone, I have a volunteer meeting tomorrow evening. Sometime in there I’m going to try and get some writing done.

I’m not doing anything different than all of you are doing. Everyone’s life is a balancing act between what has to be done and what you want to do. I try to make sure there’s time for the spouse and friends. Less time spent on dusting. Sometimes, I even get some writing done.

How do you spend your day?