NewZealandCoach’s Weblog

Sorry about the silence here on the blog

I found out today I have a couple more responsibilities at work – I had the option not to take them up though.  One will be really interesting, and one will be a *pest*.  But never mind, it will save everyone else a lot of drama if I do it, and I like to be nice sometimes

I think you have to try and balance everything out.  There’s no point in taking on extra work if it’s going to make your life a misery.  Any extra pay just isn’t worth it.  Sometimes it’s worth having to watch your budget a bit more carefully if it means you’ll have time up your sleeve, less stress, and just generally enjoy your life more.

When I was working full time in my other job I had the money to do lots of things that were, quite frankly, luxuries.  Not that there’s anything wrong with that :p but in the end, those luxuries weren’t worth it, because I was driving myself into the ground.  I was starting to see the doctor more than my own mother.  I had heart palpitations, migraines, and upset stomach most of the time, and then it was thought I had ulcers.  There were so many weird things going on I started to think I was on the verge of dropping down dead at any minute, it was awful.

So now I choose what I will do, not anyone else.  It was a great lesson, in that when your life is run by other people it gets to be too much.

You have to be in control of your own life.

You have to decide when enough is enough.