Three Ways to Thrive in Busy Seasons
Growing up, I was involved in a lot of extracurricular activities including the school newspaper, yearbook, plays and musicals, forensics, student council, and more. If you look in the yearbook from my senior year, they had to make the font smaller to list all of my activities! My parents recognized that having my hands in lots of activities invigorated me more than other similar-aged teenagers, and they allowed me to pursue as much as I wanted, as long as I kept my grades up.
It’s no wonder that now as an adult I thrive when I am doing a lot. My work includes a 40-hour corporate marketing position, as well as running an online lifestyle blog and being a published author and speaker. And that’s just the work part of my life. My life is also full with responsibilities and experiences with my husband and children, managing our home, and the rest. But the older I get, the more I am able to recognize when I am doing too much and things go from life-giving to life-sucking…