It is 6pm and these are the last ten minutes I’ll be writing tonight. My turnback is not an actual date today, but more of an idea; a bookmark in time of understanding the idea of balance. I cannot work all the time, though I have more than enough work to do so. There needs to be a fine balance between the writing and the living (and the loving). That balance is formed by being aware of the needs of the people around me and using that as a basis from which to establish how much I work, when I work, and how I can handle the deadlines. I failed a bit at that over the last six months. It caused projects to go a lot longer than they should, and now I find myself behind and trying to get it all done before the summer–before it is too late.
I have to admit that though the work is long hours and stressful, I’m extremely productive and feel really good about the projects I am developing. It is a learning process for me now and I am getting better as a writer day by day. This is the future I want for myself. I want to do it with the balance that makes it worthwhile for the most important people in my life… Finally that list includes myself.