Day 17 - - Making the switch to 100 days of service

"To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan and not quite enough time."
---Leonard Bernstein

I am writing another posting today (Day 17) because I have decided to adjust/refine (not totally change!) my original goal of volunteering each day for a year. I have come to realize that that goal is to some degree unrealistic and to another degree unnecessary.

It's unrealistic because we are planning several trips as of late December and into 2010, and making sure to volunteer each day would be imposing on family members at a minimum, and perhaps even leaving/ignoring them at times when the whole point is to travel or share in a special occasion. It's unnecessary because I am benefitting so much each day with every project yet I can see the finish line a couple of months away and continue to be creative in my choices. Going for a year would require so much repetition and juggling, especially on weekends, that I think some of the stress caused would end up affecting my family a lot.

So I hope you, my 3 or maybe even 4 readers -- will understand
and be supportive. Any comments, thoughts, cricisms??