I don't know about the rest of you, but for me, lately, time has been doing some weird things. The days are short, but the months are long. I feel so busy, darting from project to project like a silvery little minnow, yet nothing is accomplished, completed. I can't find my balance.
I have THREE books I'm currently working on, which we must assume is part of the problem. I should focus on one, but they all seem to be getting bettering spite of my erratic habits. I mercilessly cut one down from 70,000 words to 12,000 words. Now it's back up to 55,000 and is a better book for it. In one of my other WIPs, I reversed the characters' roles, and it makes much more sense now. And the third one, well, that one started as a joke, but is turning into something delightful. I can't just abandon it now, can I?
I may have mentioned before that I am also a metalsmith. I make silver and gemstone jewelry. I recently got in some shiny new supplies, and they are just sitting there. I have so many ideas that I'm not sure where to start. I need to make pendant for myself from a beautiful stone my husband gave me, but I also need to make some pieces to sell. Where do I start?
Don't get me started on the house. I need to replace some doorknobs. I need to finish the laundry and clean the laundry roon=m, especially because in winter months that is my studio. I need to paint the bathroom. My closet needs reorganizing.
Am I ever going to exercise again?
Yet somehow, everyday when I stop what I'm doing to look at the clock, it's already four in the afternoon. It's time to feed th dogs, let them out, make dinner.

What the heck have I been doing? Nothing is crossed off my list. I am a failure.
Or am I? Somehow I do have books I have written. I have several pieces of jewelry for sale at a boutique.The house is clean and the dogs are fed. Maybe balance isn't about getting some of everything done every day. Maybe balance has a longer timeline than twenty-four hours. Maybe it's over a week. A month. Getting all those things done over time and occasionally seeing those scales align might just be good enough.
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