this has been one of those weeks where everyday there is something that needs done. Monday: type blog, Tuesday: work on a video project, Wednesday: class on zoom! (i’ll talk more about that another time though) and post a blog, Thursday: book club and prep for my boyfriend’s birthday! (honestly i think i am more excited then he is) and Friday: his birthday! so many thing i feel like a busy bee!

it’s exciting! but also tiring trying to find balance amongst it all. currently, i am sitting at work trying to type the rest of this blog post because well that’s the time i have and i’m hoping to make the most of it. you might be thinking you're at work how are you typing but thankfully the fourth grader i work with in school is currently testing and doesn’t need my help thus why i am able to use this little bit of time to jot out my thoughts. it’s 10:16 and i’m already pooped thanks to aunt flow cramping my sleep schedule last night and this morning. all i can think about is how lovely my bed sounds. cuddled all up in the covers. ahhh what i would do for a nap right about now, especially knowing that once work is over well i get to quickly head home, hop in the shower, and be ready for my Zoom class. i thought the week was busy, but Wednesday, Wednesday is extra busy. again, why i am here trying to whip up this post while i have a small window to do so.

i guess sometimes that’s how it goes. you have to do what it takes to get things done. i used to always use the excuse of just not having enough time, but when you really want something the thing is you will make the time because we’ll it’s important to you! my blog - that is important to me! and having put so much time into it this whole year i will not. nope, I WILL NOT, stop now. not when i have made so much progress!

i encourage you to do the same. it’s easy to stop, give in, and give up. it requires no work, but it doesn’t help us in our goals and if i didn’t make the time to type up this blog during the time i do have well i would be sad that i didn’t do it. when i reach that point where i don’t want to do something i think about the long term. why am i doing what i am doing? are the things i am doing helping me to reach my goals? improve my health (physically and mentally)? bring me joy? or are they things i feel i need to do? things that other people expect me to do? if it’s not helping me and if doing it makes me stressed, anxious, sad then it’s not for me. this week i am busy but when i look at why i am busy it's because of things that i want. it’s a good kind of busy.

i love my blog. i love building on my knowledge to help me work better with my clients, family, friends and community. i love my boyfriend and getting to create things that show my love for him. i love the things i do and i also love that today has actually felt like a real fall day! cold, crisp, cloudy and colorful leaves compared to the usual dark, gloomy, and rainy days us Ketchikan folk often get.

so what have you been up to? how is your schedule? are you feeling overwhelmed? are you feeling you are missing something? wherever you might be, take time to re-evaluate your calendar. it’s okay to revamp it. sometimes it’s what is needed. you gotta do what you gotta do. it’s important to just be and do you.