It is probably just my season of life, but I feel like I can only be really good at one thing at a time, and something is always getting neglected. Each day, I am either...
a really good housekeeper
a really good wife
a really good mom to these sweet girls
a really good teacher
a really good friend
or a good servant, daughter, sister, planner, memory-keeper, organizer, or a whole bunch of other roles I could list off.
I am constantly trying to balance my life and do it all well, and it gets so frustrating because I CAN'T! I used to feel like I had it all under control much more than I do now. And since I am such an all-or-nothing kind of person, I end up just giving up some days and the house stays a disaster or the kids watch a little too much tv.
If I could have a perfect day, where I accomplished everything I wanted, it would include:
*Quiet time with Bible Study and prayer in the morning
*A great workout
*A clean house
*Time to scrapbook, blog, memory-keep in some form
*All emails answered
*Good, healthy meals prepared
*Time to play games, cuddle and spend time with the girls, without feeling like I have so many other things to do
*Friend time to chat and catch up
*Laughing with Derek, time to hang out and talk together
*Organizing some part of the house
*Checking all the other random things off my to-do list
*Going to bed at a decent time, feeling good
I know there are not enough hours in the day to do all of this every day, as much as I want to. So, that is when I have to choose my top priorities and be ok with everything else not being done as much as I would like. I have read all those poems and email forwards about how the dust will wait but the children won't, etc. etc. and I know that is true! But in real life, the cleaning, laundry and so on DO have to get done, so I just have to keep working at finding the balance the best I can. I am blessed to have all these hats to wear, and I am thankful for each one, even though sometimes I get just a little overwhelmed.
5 comments:
Ahhh the life...you are wonderful at all you do and can do so many things amazingly..if maybe you did not like to do and were not so good at so many things your day would be less full!HA!:)The life of a Christian wife, mommy, homemaker, friend is never ending but its the joy in the journey right!My thing right now is remembering to enjoy the small moments...I don't want them to slip by unnoticed.
It is so hard but you do a great job at it. Just remember to focus on the things that are the MOST important at this moment. Some things will be there 5 years later but some of these moments are short lived and we need to enjoy them while we have them!
You are wonderful at all of these things, my friend, and a true inspiration to me! I admire many things about you; you are a beautiful girl inside and out!
(I noticed that you and Amy Jo are wearing matching shirts. You planned that didn't you!)
You do great! But I understand - balance seems unachievable. Maybe in our next season of life! hee, hee :-)
Oh how I feel your pain! Some days are just so crazy that when you get to the end you wonder what you actually accomplished. A while back I decided to do the opposite of a to-do list. I write down all the things I DO during the day! Turns out - I actually do a lot and I feel better about myself. Still - like you - I long to find a balance.
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