I just had my whole day hijacked by my wife. Now I have to figure out how to reorganize my day so that I get done some of what I had planned to do.

Having your day highjacked happens out of the blue when you least expect it. 

Sometimes it can be an emergency, where you just have to drop everything and fully immerse yourself in what’s before you. When that kind of highjacking happens you don’t really think twice about what you’d planned. The emergency obviously takes precedence and you just go with it. 

But when there’s no real emergency, rather just someone else’s agenda that highjacks you, that’s frustrating.

Most mornings I go for a walk when I first get up. If I’m at the cottage, I will walk along the beach. If I’m at home, I will walk around my basement. And while I’m walking I plan my day. I identify things I need to do and things I want to do, and slot them into portions of the day that fits best. 

For instance, if I want to write a blog, I’ll do that after my time with God and before I eat breakfast. I never write in the afternoon or evening. 

Well, this morning I had already figured out what I planned to tackle for the day. I was just finishing my time with God when Lily, my wife, appeared with a plan for me.

Highjacked!

She was on a kick to get her garden in order after two years of not being well enough to care for it. Did you notice I said “her” garden? Not “my” garden or “our” garden. I have nothing to do with it. The garden is all hers. 

She wanted me to put some wood against the fence so she could build up the soil in her garden. 

I had to go outside and figure out what kind of wood and how much wood she needed, and then go to the hardware store to purchase this said wood. Then I had to dig down a little and attach the wood to the fence.

It was not an all-day highjacking but it meant I had to cut a few things off my list for the day – things that I had thought about and made decisions concerning them. 

The interesting thing was that Lily didn’t seem to care. She wanted to get going on this garden and the boards needed to be put in place first. 

It was like she felt she could highjack my day because somehow my day was just part of her day, that our days just melt together into one. 

This is how she thinks so there’s no point me thinking that this was a one-off highjacking!

In the end, Lily got what she wanted: my time and energy spent on her project. 

… Well I guess now it’s my garden too.

Here’s the thing: There are always attempts made to highjack our day. Well-meaning people need or want what we can provide. Sometimes we can refuse to be highjacked and focus on what we had planned. Other times it’s to our advantage to get highjacked. There are also times when God will attempt to highjack your day. When He does, it’s best to go with God’s agenda because, when your faith is in Him, your day is a part of His day. The end result is for your own good. 

That’s Life!

Paul

Question: When was the last time your day got highjacked by someone? By whom? Leave your comments and questions below.

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