Honesty Hour

No this post won't actually be an hour long, I just found the title fitting. As mentioned in the About section, I will sometimes be writing about life and all the joys (and not so joyous moments) that come with it. This is one of those posts.

Took me some time to figure out exactly how I wanted to word this. I knew I wanted to speak on balance, just didn't know what I had to say about it, given the fact that I am still trying to figure it out myself. Then I thought, that's it. Speak on how you are still in the process of trying to figure out how to balance your "9-5", chase your dreams, run a business, and have a social and personal life. I always laugh a little inside when someone tells me I'm doing my thing when it comes to adulting, because if only they really knew. Little fact about me, I am my worst critic, simply because I hold myself to a very high standard. I know there are things far greater than I can ever imagine that God has placed inside of me and not giving life to those things scares me, so I tend to be a tad hard on myself. I want to leave this Earth knowing I have done and given everything God has placed me on this Earth to do and give. So, when I hear the compliment about adulting, because it most certainly is one, I have to take a step back and try to perceive what it is they see when viewing me.

We all have our struggles. We all have things we think we could be doing better. We all have moments where we feel like we're not doing enough. But that's the thing, only WE feel that way about ourselves. There are people who probably think you could scale back on some of things you are doing because you're doing a lot or who think you're doing amazing at the things you are doing. We (me especially) have to learn to just bask in what is now and not focus so much on what we think things should or could be. As I write this post, balance is coming to me as giving what I can, to the things I can, when I can. Not every project, business, event, person, etc. will receive the same amount of attention and/or passion in the same season and that is ok. Figure out what balance looks like for you, in the season that you are currently in and live in that. When the next season comes, make adjustments as you see fit. There is no set blueprint on how to balance your life, how could there be when no one is living your life but you?

Affirm that as of today, balance for you is specific to only you, and you will distribute your time, attention and energy as you see fit for where you are in life. If someone is in disagreement with how you've decided to balance your life, that is none of your business.

Can I just let ya'll know this post was for me just as much as it was for ya'll. Literally everything I wrote came to mind as I typed. I'm affirming the above right along with you today. 💕