I am having an extremely hard time with this lately. I have mandatory 10 hours of OT, so working 50 hours a week, am on a Finance Team at our Church, on Church Council, am on the Board for our HOA, have a great husband, and 2 sweet kids. Where is the time for all of that AND me? I am up at 5am every morning and get home at 5pm every night, on a good day. Sometimes it's 7!, dinner, baths, bed, sleep, repeat. I swear, there isn't any time left to train for running- I am in my first 5k of the year on the 26th, to make decent meals, to clean the house, read the paper for pete's sake. I have gained 5lbs since February when my workouts came to a halt with this new job. I love my job, don't get me wrong, but I'm not getting up at 4am to get that in. On 2 occasions I was able to say SCREW it and ran at 5. I am crazy! It's pretty quiet running that early. But not ideal when you are tired and I keep thinking, I should be in the shower right nowwwww!". Any good books out there or ideas to sort this out? I am about to go crazy trying to balance it and still be a good wife and present mom and fit and a good employee.
Good god, what did I get myself into with all of the groups I've committed to? I mean really.
1 comment:
Don't worry, Mis...you are not alone! You have to succumb to the fact that you simply cannot do it all. We're all trying to be perfect and we're just not living up to our own expectations. That's all they are though, expectations and they are only yours, no one else's. So cut yourself some slack. Chances are, all those who are important to you want you to do that too.
You and your family are most important, friends and work too. Maybe do less of the outside stuff beyond that until you can settle it all down.
There is too much pressure on YOU and yet, not enough YOU time! You need it and you deserve it. Just always know that everyone feels this way, to varying degrees, but one thing that helps tremendously is the support of your family and friends.
I am here to lend an ear anytime. We are all feeling your pain-and as I type, I am trying to take my own advice. I love you!
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