Loving the Balance

A quick post about balance: one of the more challenging things I've been attempting to do over the last year or so is balance all this internal growth with the other areas of my life that need attention. I've written about it several times, mostly just as a way of grappling with it.

I've noticed that it's been a little easier to manage since I got back from Beltane. I'm still the same woman---waaay too much to do---but either I'm more at peace about it or I'm handling it better. Not sure.

What's been really good: things have been going well at work, I've been connecting with 1-2 Blue Star students a day and catching up there, and I've even added a couple of people to the mentorship roster (yes, this is foolish, but one is O and one is a dissertation emergency---I can't turn them away). I'm back to focusing on Element Money and dealing with book promotion and distribution, both of which are very important to me.

Michael and I took most of a day to bring order to our place. This is really good for me, emotionally. I thrive in a clean, uncluttered space, and having this again on two of our three floors is soothing and beautiful to my soul. Perhaps the grounding, solidity and structure I always crave is overtly manifested as a clear, orderly life: a clean, open space, a nice-smelling, full refrigerator, and orderly, well-managed bank accounts. There's something about this graceful way of life that's very soothing, healing and healthy for me. When my environment is peaceful, I can really thrive and focus on what I do best: loving the people around me.

Now I want to add in regular workouts again, so I can get my daily dose of ecstasy. Must have it for optimal happiness and enhanced sanity. Finally, I need to start sleeping more (earlier) and eating more consciously: I've been maintaining a good weight, but I feel better when I'm putting lots of clean protein (chicken, fish, soy, legumes) and veggies into my body, with some whole grains to supplement. Over Easter-Oestara, we brought a lot of candy into the house and I just want to throw it all out. It's so, so bad for me! I won't toss it, because Michael likes it and Trent loves it, but I need to stay away from it, which means substituting something else in its place: probably luscious fruit.

We'll see.

May this beautiful, sane balance continue...

Geek post. Non-sci-fi addicts skip.

Last night I considered writing about my intense enjoyment of River Song (on Dr. Who). I mean, she's like, an uber-awesome space archaeologist: smart, capable and highly effective. How can I resist her? She gets in and out of places whenever she needs to without constraint; she defends herself and those she loves well, she's a great strategist, she's adventurous and she's funny.

And today, my dear showingup has posted a much more careful, in-depth reflection about her. I love having thoughtful, smart people around me:

http://showingup.livejournal.com/72780.html#cutid1