Journaling reads:
I vaguely hear the sounds of little feet padding into my room and feel 2 small bodies climbing into bed with me and my husband.
Tick, tick, tick. The day has begun. It’s 6AM.
Everyday I am racing the clock. It’s so cliché but there really seems to be too much to do with too little time to do it in. From the second I open my eyes each morning, I am being pulled apart everyday as I struggle to find balance in my life. I am torn between my husband, my children and trying to run my online business. I want to be able to do it all yet finding the happy medium is elusive. Is there some sort of secret magical formula that I just don’t know about or haven’t found yet? Or am I kidding myself that I can do it all? Most days I am running on fumes (or at least on the caffeine buzz of Coca-cola and/or cappuccino). I don’t want to be the absentee mother or wife but I want Scrapbooker’s Club House to be a success and that takes more time and effort than I ever knew it would. I am tired. Worn out and exhausted. I never feel rested. I have no idea what feeling rested means anymore. I got through bouts of insomnia for weeks at a time. I have been living like this for so long, it is almost normal.
Everyday I am racing the clock. For 16 hours every day I am trying to fit in all the work, love, and attention that my family needs while nurturing the growth of my small company. I have no concept of “me” time anymore. It’s been obliterated under a pile of other responsibilities that always seem more pressing. Like grains of sand in an hour glass, time keeps slipping away.
Everything is going too fast and I can’t stop it. Tick, tick, tick.
6 comments:
Holy cow, Nicole. You need a wife ... and a vacation. You journaling just feels like your being squashed by some heavy weight bearing down on you. It concerns me. I know that everyone has a busy schedule in this day and age. We seem to take on so much more than we can/should do. Your struggles to divide your precious time between family,husband, and your work is a classic one that we've all had to learn to balance. But, honey, you sound so miserable. Wish there was something I could do ...
Amen sister!
Thanks for the concern, Colette. Some days are overwhelming and some days are great. Just trying to find that balance! Thanks for reading!
Oh I hear ya girl!! Fab layout & a struggle to find the home/work balance that I guess we all recognise!
This clock is wonderful.laurie
I love the LO, the balance and the open space. Can identify with you in terms of the busy-ness too. It does sound like you need a wife...
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