Inspiration lacking

I'm going to be super busy the next month or so. We've got a lot to do before our House Warming/Open House at the end of May. The problem is I'm not inspired to do anything right now. I want to get yard work done, but I don't want to do it. I want the walls painted, but don't want to paint them. These things will be eating up the time my heart really wants to spend being more creative, finishing my scrapbooks, writing and reading and enjoying life.

How do you force yourself to MAKE time for you? Where do you put it in your calendar so you don't fill it with some other thing that needs to be done?

This quote has been with me all day and I can't help but think I'm not doing a very good job listening to what lies within me. How do I fix it though?

What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.~ by Ralph Waldo Emerson ~