where the day goes

     I am borrowing my friend Meg's post theme for today, mainly because I have not been feeling super duper productive lately and I need to get out of my wallow-y funk and remind myself of what I actually do accomplish daily.

Of course,   my days are shaped by little bitsy bit, whose care and entertainment keeps me very much on my toes:

 

She is in school 5 mornings a week, and her school is a teeny coop, which means that I spend a good deal of time there too, helping in the classroom. 

 

 

I also work outside of the house, 20+ hours a week.  I work as an educator/counselor in a health clinic.  I love, love, love my work, but it can be exhausting sometimes. 

 

There is s some yarn spinning in each day too.  If a day goes by without any, I tend to feel a little lost. 

 

I really wish that I had more time to focus on knitting, and more time to sew.  But in truth,  I often feel like I am bouncing from one thing to the next and there is never enough time for everything that I want to do craft-wise.  (I am sure I am far from alone in feeling that way!)  Not to mention spending the occasional moment or two alone with my husband or keeping up with the endless housework or keeping things going with my website or walking the dog, and now, weeding that little garden.   Balance is a tough, tough thing.  It's something that I hope, one day, to feel on a very consistent basis.  It might take awhile, but I do think I am getting there.

 

Comments

[meg]

did you feel better after writing it down? i still feel like a major slacker. but you...working 20 hrs. and being part of the coop is major work. in a good way...you know what i mean...

must.find.focus.

[aprill]

i actually felt slightly more slackery after i posted this! it doesn't sound like too much to me when it's spelled out in terms of one child, preschool that involves some alone time most days, a part time job and the fiber/website stuff on the side.
but really, it all feels like a lot right now.
all of those compartments of my life are really fullfilling, but they each take up a butt load of energy.

i am always so impressed by all that you do!
you are a crafting machine!!

[scoutj]

I keep joking that I'm just going to give up on sleep altogether....