Where's the Pause Button?

Do you ever wish you could just push the pause button on life for a minute? Wish you could take a break from the every-day activities of life to complete all those other things on your to-do list?

Here's what I would do if I had a pause button today (in no particular order):

• steam clean the carpets
• finish Christmas shopping
• paint the basement
• organize all the rubbermaid storage containers of kids clothes
• plant flowers
• have a really long devotional and prayer time
• put pictures in photo albums
• mop the floors
• dust the bookshelves
• paint the laundry room
• try a new recipe
• do a craft (can't believe i said that--Pinterest has invaded my brain)
• paint at our church's missions house
• plant flowers (on an unlimited budget)
• spend uninterrupted time with my husband and children

But I can't find the pause button. So I just try to squeeze these things in among the normal routine of laundry, dishes, groceries, school, phone calls, emails, crying, laughing, boo-boos, snacks, meals, and whatever else presents itself as urgent.

My daily prayer: "Lord, help me to prioritize." There's a great article I read once about fighting the tyranny of the urgent. Check it out; it's very helpful:

http://simplemom.net/fighting-the-tyranny-of-the-urgent-at-home/

Until I find a pause button, I'll keep trying to find the balance.