The balancing act

Wow, it has been so long since I've written here.

So, if you are an adult, a teen or even a tween, you know what the balancing act is but just in case you forgot, I'll remind you.

As we move through life, we juggle and balance so many different types of interests, hobbies, work activities and house chores.

I am still figuring this out...

I recently started a new job in the career field that I want to be in. It has made me reconsider my juggling act. I have to consider so many new objects that need to stay in the air as I go on while also connecting with each object before it falls.

I read an article a while ago, it might have been a Ted talk, about a woman who said that being a mother, career woman, adult, wife, daughter etc can be a difficult juggling act to keep going and sometimes you need to realise that some of those objects are glass and some of them are plastic. Some will bounce and some will break so you need to know which you can drop sometimes and which you need to keep suspended in the air.

I miss writing. I finished writing my book of four years and I do not have time to edit it. I miss reading. I have 401 books and over 200 are unread because I do not have time. I need to study but I need to sleep. I miss my husband and my family but I cannot drop my work objects. I feel like everything is made of glass and one misstep will end in disaster.

Perhaps it will.

I guess, the only way to know, is if I drop something.

Maybe I will.

Maybe I will drop everything and only do what makes my heart happy.

Maybe I will go on picnics with my husband in the slowly fading sunshine.

Maybe I will watch old Disney animations with my sister and we can sing along and laugh.

Maybe I will edit my book and get it published.

Maybe I will be me.

And maybe that is okay.

Thanks for reading.

Grace xoxo