At the beginning of a new year it is always good to reflect back on the previous year and figure out things that worked and things that didn’t work. This way you can make changes to improve yourself in the upcoming year. One of the things that I’ve realized in the past few weeks is that I devote a lot of time to running. I actually only spent 1/52 of 2008 physically running (that’s one week), but if you count all of the additional time required – preparing, driving, stretching, core workouts, cool down, and getting cleaned up, the act of running begins to greatly expand. It might be safe to assume that with all of the above included running takes about 1/26th of your time (2 weeks).
Yes but that still isn’t a lot of time, true true. Sleeping takes up over 17 weeks a year. Work takes up another 12. Both numbers assume you work and sleep on average 8 hours a day. So that right there is 29/52 weeks of your year.
Other set things in my schedule include attending church which is about 1 week a year, teaching ESL which is also about 1 week.
I would project that blogging both here and on my personal blog consumes at least 2 weeks a year worth of time. That includes research, writing, editing, commenting on other’s blogs and being involved in the online community of bloggers. We are now up to 33 of my 52 weeks. If you throw in e-mail, my blog reader, and other social networking I’d estimate that I up to 36 weeks.
What does all this mean? All of this means that I spend almost 3/4 of my time away from my beautiful wife doing things for me! I would love to be able to blog and be engaged in the social networking as a full time job, but that isn’t really a reality for me. It is hard to admit because I enjoy it so much.
Ok, so the point of this long post is to say that I’m adjusting my posting schedule. Most of you know that I currently post 5 days a week. I’m going to change that to 3 days a week, keeping the week in review on Mondays and Foto Friday. This hopefully means you will get a high quality post on Wednesdays! I will have the freedom to post on Tuesday or Thursday if I so desire or if something timely comes up.
Thank you to my faithful readers for your support and feedback. Please keep it coming and I look forward to a great 2009, in running and all the areas of our lives!