"Old Saying Says Too Much is Too Much" by Susan Pearl

"He (she) has his (her) fingers in too many pies".



This old saying was used a lot when I was growing up but it had nothing to do with pies and fingers in the pies.  It was used when describing someone who was not able to fulfill a promise or something that needed to be done.  It was then said, "He (she) has his (her ) fingers in too many pies".  It was a way of expressing that person was way too busy with way too many other things to do.

Maybe our "time management" needs to be reevaluated.


Being involved with too many things at one time with too much to do is overextending ourselves.
After awhile there is nothing left for us to put our hand to because our life is totally occupied with other things and we need to recognize that we have no free time and cannot promise or take on anything more to do..  We have to learn to know our limits and learn how to say "No" when we have reached that limit..  We can only do so much.  All of us are the same and only have 24 hours in any given day.  Things can be  repetitive and roll around way too fast and it is all we can do is to keep up--yet alone adding something else to do.  Even if some are favorite things to do--too much is too much.  Maybe we should consider the thought that even though we like what we are doing it just may be "We have our fingers in too many pies".   It may be time to back off and free up ourselves to not be so involved and so busy and have some time again for ourselves.  Keep a schedule that leaves some open time for more attention to priorities as needed.