Seeking Balance

It seems I have seen a lot about living a balanced life on other’s blogs recently. As a women I think it is something that most of struggle with. How can we balance the demands of difficult and challenging career world, our own creative pursuits, family and home responsibilities? How can we learn to find balance in life, saying yes to enough that we do not limit our opportunities and experiences yet also saying no sometimes so we don't get over burdened and find ourselves weary and exhausted. 

Lately I have been feeling empty. Like a battery with limited charge I am just barely limping along. I can’t just stop though, I am in the middle of a rigorous stats class that when completed will leave only two classes away from my MBA. I can’t quit work (I think you can guess the reasons for that), I can’t give up my art, or my other responsibilities because those are the things that I hold dear to my heart. Yet I know somehow I need to find balance, an inner center. That constant mellow inner self so that no matter the noise and demands of the outside world I can find quiet and peace inside.

 Yoga has been something that has helped me with this, the meditative state, the physical exertion, and the constant consciousness of breath. Yet today instead of going to my Saturday yoga class I am slaving over my statistics textbook, trying to make sense of a zillion different symbols that lie in the pages. In hopes that if I am lucky I will have tomorrow for myself. That I might be able to delve into the pages of my new book, or write some, or better yet get my fingers covered in paint. How do you find balance? How do you recharge when it seems like you are stuck under the weight of to many responsibilities?