When I meet someone and explain how I make my living, the response is often “Wow, you’ve got a lot on your plate.”
I never thought I did until recently. Until the fall of this year. Now, as I near the end, I can see how much of a mistake taking on too much can be.
Every freelancer knows you have to cobble together a livelihood from a range of income sources, and if they don’t total a full-time salary, you don’t feel you’re working hard enough.
Because I’ve taken on too much, I’ve let things slide. Not in my professional life, but my personal life. My home is disorganized. I’m behind on laundry and cleaning. I either bulk cook meals and we eat a week of leftovers or my family fends for themselves on the nights I’m not at home (and I’m not at home a lot). They put up with me, but I’m finding it hard to put up with myself.
The clearest evidence that I’m doing too much is that I’ve lost track of time. What happened to Halloween? And how is it already less than a week ’til Thanksgiving?
I’m no Superman, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. Hell, some days I don’t feel like I have the energy to get out of bed.
I’m underwater, and unless I shed some things that are weighing me down, I’m going to drown.
What’s weighing you down? What mistakes are you ready to acknowledge and let go of?
Own Up To Your Mistakes 