balance. it's so hard to achieve.

either i'm super busy and i'm full of energy, or i have nothing to do and i just bum around.

i was telling my roommate yesterday how it's funny that the busier i am, the more projects i pick up... i know that sounds like it's exactly the same thing, but it's not. a few years back when i was taking classes for my M.Ed., it was my first year of teaching, and i was extremely busy. i still had to take classes at ucr from 4-7 or 7-10 sometimes, and on top of that, i found time to go out with my cousins, cook dinner on wednesday nights, and also go to gym night for 4 hours at a time!

the years following that busy schedule, i had absolutely nothing to do after work. in that time, i would come home and nap and then bum around... i don't know what i did in that time.

now that i'm back in school, i'm taking 3 classes (10 units) right now. i'm at cal state 4 hours a day 2x a week, and on the days i don't go there, i feel like i've been gifted an extra 4 hours in my day that my time is free - so i had been working out in that time, but i still had some extra time. so, on top of that, i picked up some personal projects at home as well. and still i have a lot of time that i don't know what to do with! no more napping for me!

the thing is, i talked about balance a few posts ago. there still are times during the day when i feel like i don't have anything to do, and i'll call my friends up and they just want to stay home because they don't have the energy that i do. but i've noticed that there are times i won't go to sleep at night cuz i'm so busy with all that i'm doing. i want to make sure that i keep it balanced - keeping God important in my life, and still have time to develop the talents that He's blessed me with.