Lately I've been feeling as if something was wrong. Very wrong. I have been feeling stifled in just about everything I've been doing from cleaning my house to reading my scriptures to writing. Why is this?
I know that my priorities have all changed since Thanksgiving. Holidays, kids not going to school and vacation did that to me! I no longer read scriptures first thing after sending the kids off to school. I stopped practicing the music I lead for church as much as I should. I stopped keeping up with my household chores and was available for my kids only when they needed me. I wasn't happy! I spent most of my time doing things like editing, blogging, updating my FB, visiting everyone's blogs.
I have decided to press the 'reset' button and go back to the way I handled things before chaos snuck into my life.
I feel refreshed and even surprised that I had allowed my priorities to shift around to where the most important of things were at the bottom. For me this is the way it works best: Heavenly Father, Family, ME (writing, drawing, singing, dancing--whatever my hobbies are). I feel fulfilled and happy when I do it in this order.
How do you keep balance in your life and stick to it?
I'm just barely finding my balance and I haven't gotten it all figured out yet. I've lived a life of chaos and I'm glad to find a haven.
ReplyDeleteGlad you know how to center your life. Wishing you peace.
Whenever I find myself feeling unbalanced, I always realize it's because my priorities are in the wrong place. Just like you mentioned, I find I'm not doing the basic things first, like scripture study, prayer, and taking care of my children. Without fail, when I put those things first, my life falls neatly into order.
ReplyDeleteMy husband would be so pleased if I could figure out how to find balance and maintain it. I wish I had the clarity you do. It helps when you know what works best for you. :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your thoughts with me! It is a constant thing I need to work at, though.
ReplyDeleteAh, this seems to be such a popular topic right now. And the problem is that it exists in February and March and April...
ReplyDeleteI finally admitted that I'll never get caught up. There will always be one more blog to read. One more person I should respond to on Facebook. One more person I should be following on Twitter.
And I'll never get them all. It's not that I've stopped trying. It's that I've stopped caring so much.
And now I have time for my own writing, my family and hey, making dinner! Which is always a good thing. :)
Elana, I agree with you whole-heartedly on this. I feel that family is much more important because--stepping back and viewing the big picture, family is what we'll end up with.
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