the art of balance

There are days when my "to do" list is staring me in the eyes. Glaring is more like it. The howwilligetthislaundrycookdinnerandfinisheditingbeforebed kind of lists after a full eight hour work day. There are days when I feel like all I am doing is going through the motions. And, there most definitely are days when everything seems impossible. And, that is when I say outloud this one sentence, I am not perfect; I am human. Those simple words bring some kind of ease to my heart and allow me to return back to reality. And, that is where the art of balance begins. Allowing yourself to be imperfect. Wholeheartedly.

I wish I could say that I have this art of balance figured out, but I do not. I am still learning. Everyday. If I am being honest, I do not have it together all the time. There was a point where I had my priorities out of order. I hate admitting this to the world wide web, but I thought work came before the person I love. You know, the man who is my whole world. Good ol' B man. God blessed me with one heck of a guy because this patient guy is the one who has instilled the art of balance in me. Shefy, take life one step at a time. It is that simple. Brilliant man he is, no? It means saying no more often. It means focusing on that particular task and giving it my all at that time. It also means not playing on Facebook, reading blogs or online shopping (guilty with both hands up!) when I should be working. And, it definitely means walking away from my piles upon piles of work on a Sunday afternoon or a random weeknight to spend quality times with my better half or friends.



As I try to work on balancing my dreams, the people I love and strengthening my character traits everyday, I learn that work will always be there. But, in order to be a better version of who I am, I need to walk away some days, I need to laugh loudly, I need to lie around Sunday afternoons with B man watching sports (Go Cards!!!) or movies and I need to shake things up a bit more in life. Because what it comes down to is this: your work does not define you. It is just a passionate piece of you. And, if you do not work on balancing all the pieces of your life, then you are not living life to the fullest. And, this my friends, is my take on the art of balance.

Note to self: Read this when you get overwhelmed with this said beautiful life. Then, remember to go get ice-cream afterwards because there is nothing that a little ice-cream cannot fix!

Happy Tuesday!!!