Life is busy. I would venture to think that it has always been that way. I would guess that even Eve, clear back in the beginning of time, thought she was busy. A whole different kind of busy – just figuring out how to do laundry and cook without anyone to show her how was probably enough to fill her days for a long time! I wonder if she had a struggle finding ways to balance everything out?
I like KariAnne’s story about how they ‘jumped’ from the business of the city to the slower life of the rural countryside.
Sometimes I need to step back from something – not take on so much – slow down a little. Finding the proper balance of business is an art I have not yet mastered. I try to slow down, I try to say ‘No’ more often but it seems I just stay busy busy busy! How about you? Do you find you have more on your plate than you really want? Do you struggle with deciding what is the most important?
How much of me do my kids really need? How much are they just being too demanding? Where is the balance between giving them the attention and affection they need and them controlling me and everything I do?
In some ways having a sewing/blogging business has been the best thing I could have done for my family. In some ways I can think maybe I should just throw in the towel. It’s all in finding the balance. And I’ve already said I’ve not mastered that!
A lot of the time I can work on my sewing to-do pile around school, laundry, meals, etc. But sometimes a deadline looms and I have to give the project all I’ve got. Sometimes I work ‘on location’ and I’m gone for several hours or most of a day. It is the times that I’m going at it full force that I can wonder if I’m ruining my kids! Because, of course, that is when they are the most demanding and ‘need’ me for all sorts of things they never thought of when I wasn’t in a time crunch!
So how do YOU find the balance? Do you have a tried and true solution? I’d love to hear how you manage it all!
****projects are all from the past several weeks – stuff I hadn’t found time to post about :)****
Sew a Fine Seam
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You have been given such a gift, I can see how it can become overwhelming at times. Blessings to you sista! Love that pillow and I know someone who sleeps with her poodle ;). Keep seeing Him in everything you do, not the pressures.
🙂 awwww, how fun that she sleeps with it! She’s such a lil sweetie!
Jill,
Thank you so much for the shout out! And you are soooo right. It is such a challenge to balance it all. Truly. You have done a wonderful job of following your heart.
blessings,
karianne
Thank you KariAnne! I get a lot of inspiration from you!
Oh, wow. You have been busy. Your projects from just this past week are more than most people do in an entire year. And, they all look so beautiful.
Thanks Amy! Those projects were several weeks worth actually so I’m not really so awesome 😉 haha!
I love all your ruffly projects Jill!
The kids…they just want to make sure that they know that they are more important that the stuff you need to attend to. Let them know, establish your boundaries, and then be totally with them when you can be with them (ie not texting, etc.). They will be fine. Nope. Better than fine. Even better than a fine seam. 😉
You are Extraordinary!
p.s. Please hop over and help me celebrate my first blogging anniversary!! 😀
Thanks Diane! And being totally with them is such good advice! I sometimes just turn the phone off so I’m not distracted – and them too – they will come running with it – bringing it to me when they hear it beep with a text sometimes!
You’ve been busy!Great creations as always. Balance is hard that’s for sure, once you get it figured out something else tips.
Those projects were spread out over several weeks but yes, I have been busy! You should see the chaos my sewing room is right now!
wow girlfriend.. your talent never ceases to amaze me! Love love love the dress and the footstool… it’s all beautiful! Blessings and you are doing a great job with your kids.. for sure since you recognize your struggle.. Love ya!
Jill, it’s easy to get overwhelmed (and I don’t even have kids-ha!) Your projects look amazing! Just do what you can and try not to stress the rest 🙂
Susan
Thank you Susan!
It seems that some days I feel like I am spinning my wheels and getting very little accomplished. I often tend to think that blogging should really not be such a priority in my life. I wonder what I could get done if I wasn’t trying to take photos, edit, write, and such. And then I remember the number of people that maybe one comment that I make could touch. I so truly want to share my faith with many many people and this just seems like a great way for me to do that. Thus, I will keep spending the time that blogging takes.
I think I just took a rabbit trail off somewhere that you weren’t intending. Sorry.
This topic must be on a lot of minds lately! I just wrote a post along the same lines and have been running into others around blogland. {and I linked to a couple.} No matter what there is always stuff that needs time and attention. I do try to stop and be thankful that I am healthy right now and I can be busy. It’s the picking and choosing and deciding what’s best that is so hard.
I’ve seen it around here and there too. I think most bloggers struggle with it at some point!
Your project collection is so impressive (that gray dress, for starters, is amazing!). I think you do a ton of stuff, but when I was your age (I laugh saying that because it makes me sound like I’m ancient) it seems I did so much more and what I did do wasn’t half the struggle it is to do things now, even though now my kids are grown. Isn’t that weird? But many of my friends say the same thing. Enjoy your time of productivity now. God has not given you a spirit of timidity but of power and love and of a sound mind. Enjoy all you can do in his power!
Liz