Finding Balance

As anyone who does more than one thing with their time, which means almost everyone, finding balance is extrremely important and can be extremely difficult at times.  Balancing work and training and family time.  And time to see friends.  And time for volunteering for causes that are important to me.  And time to study for my classes.  It can get a bit overwhelming and then I start to shut down or underperform in everything, which is more frustrating that doing well in what I do and not having time. I think to myself, I'm putting in all this time and the results aren't coming or I don't feel fulfilled.  It's times like those when I need to take a step back, look at what I'm doing from a distance, and think about what is most important to me.  I'll admit that I don't do this nearly as often as I should and I often don't make any major breakthroughs.  But it does help to think about why I'm doing what I'm doing rather than just going through the motions and feeling stressed about it.