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Too busy to think...

Ok...so I realise that its been AGES since I last posted. Its terrible.

Yes, I have been too busy.

Too busy, it seems, to relax, to reflect, to sleep, to party, to think. Too busy.

Do you ever feel like sometimes you are soo busy trying to be someone, to do something great, to achieve, yet, as a result kind of loose touch with yourself, your hobbies, your passions?

Too busy trying to be someone that you stop being yourself...

I feel like this today ( as my lack of blogging activity clearly reveals).

I was having dinner with friends and viewing an exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, and instead of thoroughly enjoying the time out, I half felt guilty for not going home and working on uni stuff. Later, the conversation turned to how I used to go to live gigs, was up to date with awesome music, trends, cool stuff , art etc.

Yet, I have lost touch with many of those areas that I used to love doing.

Is this normal, I thought?

Is it natural to suddenly be too busy to do these things I loved to do?

I think I've been trying so hard with uni assessments, with @ work, with my job...that these three areas of my life have consumed me. Spare time never seems to exist - always something to do, someone to email, some strategy to work on, some uni assessment to complete.

I have stopped exercising, eating well, playing piano, making artworks, going to galleries, meeting up with friends etc.

The problem with this semester is that i haven't delegated "me" time. I don't have a whole day where i can practice any of my hobbies. Every day is uni/work/ travelling.

constantly....going and going and going and going.

Sometimes we need to stop. think. review. adjust.

Stop being busy.
Think about who we are.
Review what we are doing and what we want to do.
Adjust our everday activities to get there.

So this is my learning...my realisation...my quest.

I had stopped, thought and reviewed.

Time to adjust - to honestly seek a work-life balance. what's the point in working if you aren't living wholeheartedly and passionately?

with that....i may go read a book :)

posted by Nicky @ 9:49 PM