September 28, 2008
Some days I feel tired, even when I haven’t had a tiring day. Today is one of those days. It’s funny, I wrote an article about balancing life – taking out unnecessary extras (yet to be published), and here I am barely balancing my extras. Of course, the extra of extras is the blog that I wrote the article for. If I was to cut something out, the blog would be the first thing. However, I hesitate because it has the promise of doing/being something great . . . at least to me, I hope to others as well. It’s crazy, when I first got the idea to start the site, I just wanted to find a way to inspire and help other women. I would lay awake for hours with ideas running through my head, writing articles, and such. And then, when it comes time to actually sit down and do something, I seem blank and on overload with other responsibilities – so much that my creative juices are sapped – until night comes.
I still lay awake for hours, thinking thoughts, and unscrambling the words that are tumbling about in my head. Yet, I’m too tired to get out of bed to write them down, and know that if I do muster the energy to do so – that I’ll regret it the next day when I’m supposed to be playing with my kids, studying, and living the normal life.
We talk about balancing life – putting the most important things first – and finding time for ourselves, but I have yet to figure out how to do it on a regular basis. I have my good days and my bad. My good days usually start and end with a prayer for help. I get some exercise, play with my kids, do a couple of basic chores, execute a meal, do some schoolwork, read scriptures, take a little me time, and plan for tomorrow. Those days actually do happen – but somehow – they don’t stay around for long. It seems we inevitably get thrown a curve ball just to see if we can catch it in time to plug it into our juggling act. Once we carry that one off – we’re thrown another. I don’t know that there’s really any true secret to balancing it all with success, except for maybe this: Do it the way the Lord would do it, conference with him about how to do it, and keep trying until you get it right or at least get through it.
That’s it for now,
Marzee Dyer (aka "BigZee")
Washington, USA
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Oh Marz, I can so relate, I think we have all felt this way so often. I like your most recent article about simplifying, and as I read this post and thought about my own life, it occurred to me that I need to maybe throw out some of the little indulgences that I really don't need that simply take up time. I'm sure we all have them -- and yah, we need a few, but you know what I mean.
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