A Flailing
I just don't know how people do it. By *it* I mean, find balance, equilibrium, inner calm in a chaotic, busy life. I feel frazzled, anxious, overwhelmed, and just generally pulled in too many directions all at once. It's not even like I'm the busiest person I know - I don't have a full-time job & The Girls are usually in care during the week - yet I just can't seem to bring the pieces of my life together. I'm getting not enough done and what I am getting done is haphazard and sloppy, with many things falling through the cracks. Lists don't help alleviate the almost-under-water feeling that is omnipresent lately. Some of it is that my teaching this semester is really demanding - I've not taught my course before, so I'm doing a mountain of reading along with the students, 80 pages of midterm papers came at 5 pm yesterday, and my mentorship involves another mountain of reading and writing to evaluate. But seriously, there are plenty of other people who are far busier than I am. And I just want to know the secret...