The thing that gets me is that I am a 26 year old woman who has been married for going on 8 years. I have 2 kids, I've worked in a professional environment more than once, I have a degree, I try and keep up on current events and I would say that generally I am not an idiot. However, this concept is one of the most incredibly difficult things I have ever faced and it's a battle every single day. I just wish I'd figure it out by now. Good luck to all of you who are trying to find balance. May all of our prayers be answered and may we all recognize those answers.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Tuesday Confessional
Balance... what does that actually mean? Does that mean equal time to everything? No... I don't think so, how could that possibly be right when I need at least 8 hours of sleep and there are only 24 hours in a day. With that logic I will spend 8 hours with the boys and 8 hours with JD and then where does dinner, laundry, house cleaning, scripture study, temple attendance, church callings, friends, grocery shopping, running, etc fit in? Ah... this is one of life's great dilemmas apparently.
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hmm... sometimes 'unknown forces' provide us balance. My balance came in the form of a snowstorm that closed my place of work...all of a sudden I could take some much needed time for things that were being ignored. Perhaps the word balance is the problem...balance implies taking away and adding... maybe what we are searching for is all of the experiences, oppertunities, that will make us 'whole' not balanced. As we tuck each experience into our lives we fill in a portion of ourselves. We may have enough of one thing for awhile and find we need something else to fill the spaces. The Father knows we can't do it all...therefore there is no pressure to try to 'do it all.' Live it as it comes...(smile)
I'm not sure I am any better and well I haven't had as much time as you, I'm still not sure how to do it. I guess I'm just skipping out on my 8 hours. Good luck!
i heard someone talk about balance in a devotional once and said balance does not mean equality and it is constantly changing. he gave the example of his time as a bishop. his church calling took up most of the time not spent at his job, and that made up 2/3 of the balance, but his family held more weight even thought it got less time. so the quality of time spent makes up for the lack of quantity. i really liked that idea. it makes me realize that even thought i spend 80% of my day with my kids and only about 20% with Doug, it doesn't make that 20% any less important, so i have to give it the weight it deserves and make the time that i do have count. maybe that will help.
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