Balance.
This picture reminds me of life. Often times I find myself completely unbalanced, with my daily struggle being a balance of my beautiful family with my ugly beautiful job. Sometimes my family is winning, sometimes my job is winning. But my goal is always to even that out a little bit more.
I know I'm not the only one who struggles with balance. Most of my Mama friends have admitted the struggle as well. The problem I find is this: I love love love my job. It makes me whole, completes me, excites me. So to push that aside completely and focus whole-heartedly on my family is difficult. DON'T TAKE THIS WRONG. My family ranks far above my job. My amazing hubs and beautiful nuggets outweigh EVERYTHING else. But I find myself in a costant struggle trying to be the best that I can be at work and be the best that I can be at home.
I want the nuggets to see that work can be fun. I want them to know that it is a blessing to end up in a career that you enjoy going to daily, and to not feel guilty about doing that. But I want my work to know that my family comes first. And when push comes to shove, and the nuggets need me more, they will win.
So how does one do this?
That I do not know.
What I do know is this: being aware of a daily balance helps even thinks out just a tad.
You are my hero Jill! Love Ya!
ReplyDeleteThanks Dan Dan. :) Miss and Love you.
ReplyDeleteJill I am just reading your Blog for the first time and I gotta say you are amazing. I struggle with the balancing thing ALL the time, but think that it's pretty rewarding to see your kids work hard at things they find important and succeed. I'm a firm believer the best way to do that is through example! Being a workin' mom is hard, but looks like you got it down pat!! ~~Lindsey Nagle
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