Balance {Or lack thereof} | Life
Right now, as I type this, my house is a mess. Again. I feel like I spend 3 quarters of my life cleaning up other people's messes. No sooner have I picked up all the toys and vacuumed all the crumbs then I find myself starting the job all over again.
Kids. Why do they have to be so messy?!
There's also the fact that I feel like I haven't had nearly enough time to spend with them just playing and hanging out. I'm always cleaning or sitting at the computer reading photography articles and editing photos. And when I do spend time with them I seem to always be sticking a camera in their face! They are my only real models though, and it's so much fun to try out new techniques that I've learnt on them. I'm pretty sure they are either going to turn out to be photographers themselves or be ridiculously camera shy!
My Tafe work has kicked up another gear this week, and I am quietly freaking out about getting my assessments done in time. We need to create 4 images for one assignment alone, and while it's not a hard assignment, what is hard is getting the time to do it. The images have to be created during class. In theory, there should be plenty of time to do this. The thing is, our instructor really likes to talk.
The talking is awesome. He has such a great way of explaining complex things that make them seem understandable and doable. But it does eat in to our practical time. I've been trying to do some extra reading this week so that when it comes time to start shooting I'm not having to think too hard about the technical side of what I'm doing and be able to smash out my images.
Friends. I miss my friends.
It feels like an age ago that I got to hang out with them, when in reality it was less than a month ago. Still, in a perfect world I'd get to catch up with them every couple of weeks rather than once a month or less. Time spent with friends is time spent relaxing. No matter what we are doing. When I spend time with my friends I feel refreshed, I feel more able to cope with the demands of the house and the girls after a little time-out for adult conversation.
Family. Without family I have nothing.
I'm so lucky to have a family that I'm close to. Both my side and Dave's side. I couldn't live without them. We have weekly dinners at Mum's, and almost weekly dinners with Dave's family (it's a little harder to get us all together with half of the family doing shift work). There are so many things I want to do with them. They are my first port of call in any and all storms.
I've got a million ideas rushing through my brain for my sister's upcoming baby shower. Oh, did I forget to mention I'm going to be an Aunty? Yeah, I'M GOING TO BE AN AUNTY!!!!! Can you tell I'm more than a little excited about that! My first turn as an Aunty. And as such, all I want to do is compile page after page of information for my sister to read, and spend hours upon hours on Pinterest researching ideas for baby showers. I've had to give myself a serious talking to so as not to go completely off the deep end and overwhelm my sister & brother-in-law with too much information, and dedicate time to doing Tafe work rather than baby shower work.
Money. I still haven't found that damn Money Tree!
We live on a fairly strict budget around these parts now that we are on one wage. It means that certain sacrifices have to be made. Sacrifices that I don't mind making, but it makes it so hard when there are things that I really wanna do. Like go to Problogger conference in August. I missed out last year, and the year before I made the choice to go to the Digital Parents conference instead. This year I would really, really love to finally get to Problogger, but when you put together the cost of the ticket and accommodation and other expenses it starts to add up. And unless I can find myself some paid blogging jobs between now and August, I would feel really bad re-jigging the budget to find the money for something that will only benefit me and not the entire family.
So many things, so many balls to juggle. There is a fine line between balancing it all and completely losing the plot. Some days it feels like I'm only just keeping my head above water. And I'm pretty sure that there are at least 5 more metaphors I could manage to mix in to this mess of words from my brain!
I can't even write straight at the moment!
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We are doing the money dance atm, and it's exhausting. Plus finding my groove with TAFE is also interesting. I am loving it, but like you, my house feels messy all the time, and when the kids are home, I'm just busy. I need to get a better balance somewhere but it's hard!
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