I am a HUGE 30 Rock fan and an even bigger fan of the lady herself, Tina Fey. As funny and charming as Liz Lemon is, she does deal with one struggle that seems to affect all of us - having it all. She struggles between wanting her show to be the best and wanting to have children. As we go through the series it seems less and less likely that Liz will ever get to have it all. Thankfully, Netflix added all of Season 7 yesterday so I powered through some episodes last night. I don't know how it ends yet (so don't tell me!!), but I am excited to see.
As I watched last night I couldn't help but think about what it would mean for me to have it all right now in my life. I know that it will eventually change and I will have different priorities, but feeling fulfilled right now is very important to me. I am in this weird transition period at the moment with having a new job and being the new girl, but having a couple of months of experience on my hands. I know the culture, I can manage my way around the office supplies room, and I know who to ask if I have questions. However, all of this has been exhausting.
I go home at the end of the day and crash. Last night I got home early yesterday evening and swore that 10pm was only moments away... until I looked at the clock to see it was only 8:17pm. Ugh...
I am a bit of a perfectionist whenever it comes to work and I think that is fine. I know where to draw the line to accept that I have done my best and when to let things go (both traits have taken years to grasp), but in the spirit of having it all, I want more. I want to blog. I want to date. I want to cook dinner every night. I want to be involved in my new community. I just don't feel the energy to do it after working all day.
So tell me... how do you have it all? How to balance the priorities in your life to make it work for you? I understand that we all operate differently, but there has to be a key to making it work, right??
I absolutely understand how you feel. It was 5 months into my job that I started my blog... Because I wanted to feel fulfilled. You are spot on about wanting to feel fulfilled. I think it is what drives to do what we love and not settle.
ReplyDeleteMy experience was this, I wanted to be great at my job, workout & eat healthy everyday, blog, and to be social. What I found out was that I could manage two of those things in a day successfully, but after that I was completely exhausted. I tend to focus on the things for a week at a time, so maybe that could also work for you. t's difficult to figure out. I am still working on this balance thing myself especially since I'm navigating the self employed life.
I feel like we can have it all, maybe not all at one time, but eventually.