The Balanced Rock formation...this is how my head feels Image via Wikipedia
Today was crappy. The kind of crappy that makes you want to go home, have a hot bath, and cuddle under the covers with sexy Englishmen who solve crimes. The details of my crappy work day are not interesting enough to carry a post, despite the impact it had on my mood for the day.
What is really bothering me is how hard it seems to be to stay balanced. After all, that is the goal for the year, to be balanced. Yet, instead of achieving balance, in these earlier stages of the year, I find myself seesawing wildly between great successes and great shortcomings, my arms pinwheeling and my my torso swaying on unsteady legs. I find myself constantly trying to get back level.
A few setbacks in the workday shouldn’t bring me down from corporate superstar to beleagured paper-pusher. The priority that others place on what I do shouldn’t supercede my own. But somehow, it does. Developing a consistent attitude towards work irrespective of how the day goes or how other people view my job or place in the pecking order is just one of the areas I’m finding it hard to find my balance.
Yesterday was a bit of a seesaw ride itself, for entirely different reasons. I’m struggling to steady myself personally, spiritually, career-wise, and mentally. Some days are definitely harder than others. Overall, the year is progressing well. I’m further along than I was last year, at least.
Are you finding any of your resolutions hard to keep already? What adjustments can you make to get yourself back on track? How is the year progressing for you so far?
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Well, I don’t make resolutions because they always result in failure for me – but I can relate to the off-balance comment. Sometimes it just feels like something’s off, but I can’t say exactly what.
I’m sorry your Monday didn’t go well for you, but a good night’s rest and new day might change your state of mind. Here’s hoping you have a happy Tuesday!
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It always seems like something is out of whack; sometimes I know what, sometimes I don’t. It gets a little tiring seesawing back and forth, though.
I hope everyone has a better Tuesday. Continue getting well, Janna!
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Forgive yourself for not being balanced…then laugh. Because you are living the life of being an adult woman. Some days will be more balanced than others, but as long as you keep your center (the internal you that finds comfort and peace in God), you will be fine 🙂
For me, I’m working on being the best manager of my time that I can possibly be…but que sera, sera…and I have no control over it…just have to be as wise as I can with my choices.
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Oh, I gave up on effective time management for the time being and just accepted that I will rest at whatever opportunity presents itself and keep going in the meantime until I catch up.
When did I sign up to be an adult woman? LOL, I’m working on learning to laugh…and not throwing things or yelling at people or stamping my feet, which is what I want to do.
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I have been trying to be more productive, but winters in PA lead me to lay on the couch all the time and read about sexy englismen as well. I know what you mean though. At 26 I don’t feel like I’m ready to be a balanced adult. When the office tries to get you down you just need to go out and roll down a hill or fly a kite and remind yourself what a small speck that moment is in the scheme of your life.
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These are really good suggestions! I need to find a hill asap!
I’m almost 26 myself, and I don’t feel like being adult, let alone balanced. It’s too much to ask. It’s still odd to me that I’m in an adult, fulfilling relationship with another person who isn’t on TV or in a movie on my worst days, not to mention that I go to a real job every day and have deadlines, or that I have my own car and have to pay my own bills. How did this happen?
Why are Englishmen so gosh darn sexy? Then again, who cares? I’m reading Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, and I keep thinking about Colin Firth. I am watching The Mentalist Season Two on DVD, and can’t stand how cute those two Englishmen playing Americans are. I’m also watching Lie to Me: Season 2. I’m inundated with sexy Englishmen and their sexy accents (including the fake American ones). (Clearly, I have teen girl hormones)
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