Yesterday marked the start of a 5-day weekend for Golden Week, and I have a lot on my plate that I am excited to tackle, but my time is not my own. After all, it’s not just a vacation for me. The kids are off from school, so it’s also time to spend time with them and plan some family activities.
I have always struggled with balancing myself and my family. I tend to be self-sacrificing, though I resent having to do it. So, if there is an external demand on my time, I struggle to turn it down to do something for myself (including taking care of my writing and coaching business), then feel bitter about it. Obviously, that’s not healthy and I do not recommend it!
On day one of the break, I barely got in any “me time”. The weather was good, though it had been predicted to rain through the break, and there was an abandoned mine we wanted to visit with the kids. That sounds bad, but the reason we wanted to visit was because there were stories of crystals washing down the river from the old mine and available for the taking. We weren’t going into the mine itself!
(It turned out to be a bust, but from the family perspective, it was better to try and have it fail than to not go and keep thinking “if only we had. . . “
With four days left, I want to get in a few solid hours of work time for myself. Plus some relaxation time! I might have to be more assertive to make it happen.