Be more present in each and every day

What a whirl wind the past three months have been. I love the job, working for a non profit is very rewarding, just as I thought it would. BUT a friend summed it up so well for me the other day. I have realized I am consumed by this work/job. I was explaining to her some of the situations I hear about and try to help with on a daily basis and she said “wow I only thought of the rewarding aspect of your job, I never thought about all the saddness”...Saddness is a daily occurance here. It’s wonderful in so many ways, but I seem to be working and sleeping. I have an on call pager most weekends and it was very busy this past weekend. I’m going to have to work on being present in each day and finding a balance of work and personal/fun me time. I have to make this a priority so I don’t get lost.

I will find this balance, I’m thinking the first step is awareness and I am certainly aware I’m in need of some good fun me time and a better after work routine! I feel another goal coming on… :-)

I have a habit of future thinking – for example I am already thinking “wow it’s Thanksgiving and almost January”. I am going to work on being present each day. I mean really there are what…23 days until Thanksgiving and two months until January?! I can’t ignore that. I can’t let the days turn in to weeks of blurs because I have spent each day focused on the next week or month.

I can’t let myself focus so much on how fast time is passing by that I ignore the present day.

Every day I have to mindfully focus on tasks (fun or ordinary ones as well) and be more ‘present’. I can make plans, but not ignore each present day…