planning not to plan

So I have made a decision to not make any more week day plans for the rest of the summer.

One reason is because I need to crack down at work and I can't feel the pressure to leave to go home when it might be in my best interest to stay at work longer.

Second reason is because I end up in situations like now where I haven't had a chance to be at home with just Sal before 11:30pm in 2 weeks. I can't function like that...I am definitely an introverted person so as much as I love others, I need time to myself to not go insane.

There are circumstances where I am allowing myself to make a plan. But in general, I do not plan on making any plans more than 24 hours in advance.

I'm not sure if this is productive to post on a public blog, but I suppose it doesn't really matter at this point. Even if no one reads this, I feel like by making it open to anyone it somewhat helps hold me accountable to calming my life down.

I like what an old mentor of mine has told me (paraphrasing)...live your life. Invite people to join you in your daily tasks (where you can, obviously I can't bring people to my job) but don't plan everything out otherwise you will have no time with yourself and God and your spouse which is essential. You can plan out every hour and detail for the next 6 months, but you can't really live happily like that. You'll get burned out and that's not good for anyone--you or your relationships.

I go for weeks on end before I get one evening off and that's not healthy. I know I am sort of cutting to another extreme of not making any plans Mon-Thurs, but I am still planning weekends. It just so happens they are all busy from now until August. Whoops. I guess if I can cut this off to give myself room to breathe, I can recharge, actually enjoy my summer, and get things done instead of it flying by in a whirl-wind and feeling unaccomplished.

The question I want to know is when did I become so popular??? aha. I'm kidding, but really, how do I know this many people that want to hang out? I feel like that's a reason why I like the idea of deleting facebook. Rather, I need to have better self control so I don't find myself in these situations.