Balance

Hello friends!

Who else is happy that it's the weekend?! I know I am! (Although, this week went by crazy quick and that makes me super happy!)

I hope that your weekend is off to a great start! Mine has already been quite eventful in the 20 or so hours since it started! It's a beautiful autumn day and I'm drinking a cup of hot apple cider. This is one of the  days when I'm happiest. :)

And although I have a billion things that need to be done, I thought that I should post about something that I constantly struggle with: balance. (A little ironic, right?) I'm so bad at trying to balance my life. (I was joking with a friend earlier today that I sometimes maybe sorta have my life together. (Okay, maybe that's not as funny as I thought...)) But even since I was younger I always struggled with trying to balance things. I've struggled balancing my time, my family, my commitment, my friends, my life! This has been a constant problem since I was, like, 8! (My dad used to tell me that all work and no fun makes Katie a dull girl.)

It's an issue. And I still struggle with it today! (Which is really sucky.) I try to make things all be even in my life and it never seems that way. I always find myself dedicating more time to a certain part/people of my life and then feeling guilty for not being able to do something else.

Even here at college I find myself trying to find a balance in my life between friends, homework, class, activities, sleep, and it just doesn't happen! I feel so bad when I have to turn down offers to hang out with friends or do something else because I've made prior commitments! It stresses me out and makes me feel like I somehow disappointed them and then I feel like I should devout more time to be with them and it turns into this huge, anxiety-filled mess.

(Jeez, sorry about the rant...I should've warned you that this would be a little rough.) But what I'm trying to say here is that I still struggle with balance in my life and I have no idea how to fix it. So, as you can tell, this is a challenge. However! I'll figure it out...I hope. It's still early in the year. I'm sure I'll get into a rhythm soon enough. :)

Have a great weekend!

Love,

Katie