Hmm, should I be concerned?

[mellymell]

My child is beating himself in the head with a frying pan.

Now before someone calls child services on me for letting him, it is a small toy, aluminum frying pan. That doesn't make it any less strange, just less serious. I'm pretty sure he likes the ringing sound it makes. Then, when he saw me laughing at him, he started doing it to make me

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[cleopatramwi]

It sounds like a good plan. It's amazing how balance can go out the window when you have small children (or any children, really)! I often feel like I'm trying to do far too many things in a short period of time.

[mellymel_cos]

Indeed, just too easy to spend all your time doing one thing or another, then you look up and something you really cared about slipped away from you. And with kids around, it's too easy to get distracted. I think I'm going to like this approach because I don't have to look at it as a bunch of things in a short period of time. Instead, I have kind of a menu of things to choose from, one task at a time and plenty of time to get there

[cleopatramwi]

That is a good analogy! My problem is that I don't want to give up anything. I'm quite resentful of the few things I've let go. My tendency is just make everything fit somehow...though it is admittedly, exhausting. Oh well, I guess I'm probably just happier running around like a nutcase!

[mellymell]

That's something she addresses too. All too often, we Renaissance Souls are torn between all the things we want to juggle. We see choosing a select few as losing the rest. But the way she approaches it, you list out everything you'd ever want to do in your life (a list that can grow and shrink at your will) and from that list you choose what you most want to work on right at this moment. Since you get 2, 3, 4 or 5 to choose, you should still feel fulfilled. And knowing they won't last forever and that you can conquer other things on the list as you finish these keeps you from feeling like you'll never get around to them and they're somehow lost.

It's really a great book! :)

[branflake]

I love reading that you are doing this! I need that book. I tend to have a million things in my life that I want to do and never focus on any of it, thus it never gets done. yoga is one thing that I've picked up out here! If/When you get here in May, I'll take you to my class. It's great. An amazing building. Anyways, Melanie, I'm so proud of you. Envious of you. But so very very very proud of you. I brag on you and Jonah all the time (though i don't think i'll brag about this frying pan incident :]) i love you and can't wait to see you in a few weeks, in Huntsville that is.

[mellymell]

You and your mom are some of the first people I thought of when I started reading it. A myriad of interests; feeling as though the satisfaction is in the journey, not the destination and therefore feeling reading to quit once you get there; nearly constantly changing careers and hobbies, etc., etc., etc. Yep, you're both Renaissance Souls!

I'm very proud of you too! You wanted to get out there and you did it. Have to say I'm a little envious of you as well, that you're able to pick up and move across the country and start a great new life. But definitely very proud and happy for you!

[manzo]

Hm, I think I want to get this book.

[mellymell]

It's really awesome! I finally finished the last little bit of it last night. Honestly, I think even non-Renaissance Souls could benefit. Since I don't tend to care about worn dust jackets and dogeared pages, I scored a used copy for $5 on Amazon. Less than $9 with s&h. That tends to make a book even better.