Out of balance...
My life has slipped out of balance again. Seems like this happens every so often, some times worse than others. In many ways is only manifests as a feeling -- like I'm not fulfilling any of my roles as completely as I should -- and like I'm constantly feeling I need to catch up in everything I do.
I know the way out of this is to increase/rearrange my organization -- I've done it before. But somehow I wish I could just get it right, so I don't end up in this place again.
There's always the "systems", but I've always internally rebelled against them. I've read much of the Covey _...Effective People_ book, and though I identify with the foundation he's building upon, I just can't bring myself to join the unwashed masses of Franklinites. Every so often I run across an alternative system (most recently this, mentioned in the most recent issue of the storied TidBITS 'zine (err, mailing list.)
I don't believe the answer is that I'm "doing too much" -- many have done more with less and still manage to get in a full night's sleep. I think I'm just out of balance.
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One thing I've found recently, is that if I fill my plate almost all the way full (though not complete), it ALWAYS overflows because of the tremendous amount of unevenly distributed, unplanned stuff. This has led me to try and minimize my 'unnecessary responsibilities,' partially in the hopes that it will let me pay more attention to the ones I care about, and also give ample room for the inevitable unexpected. This can be difficult because people, like computer systems, tend towards complexity. That is, we accept new responsibilities under the false notion that all responsibility is good and makes us better/stronger. This just isn't true. Too many responsibilities can obviously harm us more than help us and many responsibilities are just empty calories.
Posted by: Wonko | February 19, 2004 09:06 PM