Back in August, when I first started re-posting here, I said that I'd scaled back on the volunteer commitments at my son's school; it's not really true. I'm still volunteering about four hours a week. The same as last year.
I've signed up for about five different volunteer activities, none of them requiring huge amounts of time, but each of them requiring, on average, about four hours a month. That adds up to about 20 hours a month...for someone who has about 20 hours a week of free time, that's a huge amount.
"So you have trouble saying 'no,' like I do?" one mom playfully asked me. It's true, I have trouble saying no, and I also couldn't pass on reading books to my son's class, or helping the kids plant flowers and vegetables in their classroom garden.
But I do feel as if I signed up for about two activities too many. Nothing I can really do, though, now that I'm committed.
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