Today's Journey: Just learning to keep up...

Have you ever had one of those days where you feel like time is just flying by and you just cannot seem to get everything accomplished that you want or need to get done?  I do, in fact I do EVERYDAY! I get up, I get ready to go to work, I get the kids ready for school, or daycare, I am trying to make sure the kitchen is clean, that we have everything together for the day, that something is laid out for dinner, etc.  We get in the car, we race off to work, drop the kids off, and then go to work an 8 hour day.  Plus trying to run to the grocery store to grab something that I forgot I needed, or to the bank, or to the gym to try and squeeze in an hour long workout.  Then back to work to finish out the day- maybe having to stop at the post office or the store, or the gas station on the way home.  Once we get home it is 6pm or later.  Then it is time to make dinner, feed the baby, and bathe him, and get him to bed.  While talking to my daughter about her day, and my other half about his day.  Then get the laundry in the dryer, get the kitchen cleaned up again and off to shower for me.  Then after all that and things are quiet- I can start my homework.  It just seems like there is never enough time.  At the end of the day I always feel myself rushed, and crazy.  I am making lists for the next day, things that I did not accomplish that I need to do- so that the next day I am having to do it all over again.  Where does the madness stop- what do we have to do to make things just a little bit easier?  Is there a way?  How do we keep up with these crazy busy lifestyles that we have chosen to lead?  And then why do we do it to ourselves? Is it really worth it in the end?  Will these decisions make a difference in our future?