Time it's a complicated subject. An inanimate object that seems to take on its own personality and live! I don't know about you but I have a love hate relationship with time. I'm sure some of you are thinking: you should be thankful for every minute of time your given in life! To those of you that think that I would say you are absolutely right and I am very thankful for every minute I'm given. This past year has been full of so many wonderful moments I have been able to share with my love. Those are the minutes I will cherish forever and I can't wait to see what comes our way over the next year.
Ok I know your thinking I said something about hating time, and I do. That's right I love it and hate it at the same time!
Here's how: Time seems to be alive, sure it's only a concept. But I don't know if any of you have noticed but when we want an answer to something or have a deadline life seems to take on its own speed. If we are anxiously awaiting an answer time decides it wants to move painstakingly slow! Or if we have a deadline, you blink and the deadlines here and the project is not quite complete.For this reason I hate time!
This concept holds so much control over our lives, it keeps us from making decisions or makes us make quick ones, it makes us stressed and anxious or excited. Whatever time is doing it effects all areas of our lives. It bothers me that something so small and invisable holds such a leash and control on our life.
No matter how we try time will always have some effect on our lives. Even if you don't stress about decisions it still effects your life. You can arrive in three ways: Early, On time, or late. But either way time still has an effect on your life!
My challenge today is not to let time have a firm grasp on my life. Sure it will always have a small effect but I'm talking on a larger scale then arrivals. I'm talking about stress level. I'm trying to push the stress time creates out of my life. Two tools I'm using to banish this stress from my life? Patience, sure for me its a weak contender but, I'm doing my best to make this a strong area of my life! The other is being diligent! Also known as time mangement, sure this isn't the easiest thing to do, and for me its an even weaker area than patience, but I have to try I can't continue to let time drive me crazy. So here goes nothing! Bring it on Time because I'm prepared to put up a fight! I will no longer be controlled by fear of not knowing!!! I will no longer be worried about never having enough of you! I'm going to learn to make our relationship wonderful, sure I'm sure there will be moments where things aren't wonderful between the two of us, but hopefully it will be better than hate! I want to cherish absolutely every minute I'm given not just some of them!
Until Next Time
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Finding Balance
I haven't written in a while so I'll give everyone that comes through this a quick update and then its on to the topic at hand.
I have spent the last couple of years trying to figure out how to make everything work in a positive direction. In some cases it's worked and in some cases life has just gotten more complicated. I have learned so much about myself in the past couple of years, and I'm happy to say that the real me is making a regular appearance in this world. For this I would like to take a minute to thank the wonderful man in my life, he brings out the best in me and helps me every day to become a better version of myself. I still have the two crazy fur kids, and they continue to share with me the joys of life each day. They continue to make me smile and feel warm and accepted in their presence. I continue to be amazed at how much they are still teaching me even though they've been in my life for 5 years. One of the main thing I've learned from them is to be happy no matter what, love each other everyday and make sure you take the time to show it!
Over the past year I've also decide to finally finish my bachelor's degree. I have hopes that one day I will be a certified teacher, sharing the joy of knowledge with a classroom full of kids.
Ok, enough about me let's talk about balance: I know some of you are thinking balance can cover a lot of topics. But the balance I refer to is the balance of your life! Not letting everything completely stress me out to the breaking point! We are all guilty of it, at one point or another. I'm learning to slowly but surely not let the stress control me, there is not enough time in life to worry about everything. The minute I stopped worrying is the minute I stopped stressing. Sure I still think about things in great detail, but I try to not let it consume me. If I feel like I'm starting to get to the obsessiveness point I make myself stop. I engage my brain in a new activity. I'm hoping this newly found technique will help as I prepare to head back to work (at some point) after being out on medical leave.
I've learned to balance my life and listen to my body. Over the past month my body has told me so many things about myself, some good and some bad. But the thing is I'm learning to listen. If I have the time and I'm feeling really tired, I first try and drink some water. IF this doesn't work and I still feel really run down (and it's not time to eat) I give my body what its asking for. Sleep, sure sometimes this means taking a nap in the middle of the day sometimes, but if it's a quick nap it doesn't interfere with my regular sleep schedule (and right now with my current illness all my body wants is sleep). I'm listening to my body and striking a happy balance between my personal needs and the needs of those around me.
I'm learning to balance my happiness in life. I try to stick to activities I enjoy these days. Mainly that means cooking and baking. I have learned to balanced this into my lifestyle, with no stress and no fuss. I forgot how much I love the kitchen and would spend every hour in it if I could! We have started making our own breads in our home and let me tell you. This gives me a huge sense of accomplishment. I love the smell of bread baking and I look forward to trying new recipes for bread and in the kitchen. I would love to get to the point of elimating the need to buy any store bought bread but I'm not sure this will be economical. We shall see what happens with this project in the near future.
The one thing in my life I can't seem to balance is school, I enjoy it but I have trouble keeping up and pushing myself. I would much rather be in the kitchen putting together and new recipe of some kind. So I struggle when I get on the computer to work on school, because all I really want to do is look up recipes to try!
For the most part though my life is mellowed and balanced and I couldn't be happier, I'm hoping the last section of balance eventually finds its way into my life!
Until Next Time
Kimberly
I have spent the last couple of years trying to figure out how to make everything work in a positive direction. In some cases it's worked and in some cases life has just gotten more complicated. I have learned so much about myself in the past couple of years, and I'm happy to say that the real me is making a regular appearance in this world. For this I would like to take a minute to thank the wonderful man in my life, he brings out the best in me and helps me every day to become a better version of myself. I still have the two crazy fur kids, and they continue to share with me the joys of life each day. They continue to make me smile and feel warm and accepted in their presence. I continue to be amazed at how much they are still teaching me even though they've been in my life for 5 years. One of the main thing I've learned from them is to be happy no matter what, love each other everyday and make sure you take the time to show it!
Over the past year I've also decide to finally finish my bachelor's degree. I have hopes that one day I will be a certified teacher, sharing the joy of knowledge with a classroom full of kids.
Ok, enough about me let's talk about balance: I know some of you are thinking balance can cover a lot of topics. But the balance I refer to is the balance of your life! Not letting everything completely stress me out to the breaking point! We are all guilty of it, at one point or another. I'm learning to slowly but surely not let the stress control me, there is not enough time in life to worry about everything. The minute I stopped worrying is the minute I stopped stressing. Sure I still think about things in great detail, but I try to not let it consume me. If I feel like I'm starting to get to the obsessiveness point I make myself stop. I engage my brain in a new activity. I'm hoping this newly found technique will help as I prepare to head back to work (at some point) after being out on medical leave.
I've learned to balance my life and listen to my body. Over the past month my body has told me so many things about myself, some good and some bad. But the thing is I'm learning to listen. If I have the time and I'm feeling really tired, I first try and drink some water. IF this doesn't work and I still feel really run down (and it's not time to eat) I give my body what its asking for. Sleep, sure sometimes this means taking a nap in the middle of the day sometimes, but if it's a quick nap it doesn't interfere with my regular sleep schedule (and right now with my current illness all my body wants is sleep). I'm listening to my body and striking a happy balance between my personal needs and the needs of those around me.
I'm learning to balance my happiness in life. I try to stick to activities I enjoy these days. Mainly that means cooking and baking. I have learned to balanced this into my lifestyle, with no stress and no fuss. I forgot how much I love the kitchen and would spend every hour in it if I could! We have started making our own breads in our home and let me tell you. This gives me a huge sense of accomplishment. I love the smell of bread baking and I look forward to trying new recipes for bread and in the kitchen. I would love to get to the point of elimating the need to buy any store bought bread but I'm not sure this will be economical. We shall see what happens with this project in the near future.
The one thing in my life I can't seem to balance is school, I enjoy it but I have trouble keeping up and pushing myself. I would much rather be in the kitchen putting together and new recipe of some kind. So I struggle when I get on the computer to work on school, because all I really want to do is look up recipes to try!
For the most part though my life is mellowed and balanced and I couldn't be happier, I'm hoping the last section of balance eventually finds its way into my life!
Until Next Time
Kimberly
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