Finding a balance

It's Spring!

Finally.

This may have been the longest winter of my life. Maybe it's having 3 small kids cooped up inside for a whole winter? Maybe it's because of the ongoing illnesses that have plagued our house? I've never really had too much trouble with winter before. I wasn't one that felt like I needed a beach vacation in the middle of January. I sort of liked the sight of newly fallen snow in the backyard. A couple of magazines and a hot cup of coffee to curl up with was fine with me. A sort of permission to rest it seemed. But this year it has taken me so long to feel rested.

I have a fairly simple life. I try to not to overcommit. But apparently I have been doing too much. Stress and overdoing it has caught up with me. I have gotten so sick that in some ways I feel like I'm throwing in the towel by reducing my committments. Maybe that's what it takes sometimes?

A sort of wake-up call?

It becomes a vicious circle of sorts. Too much stress weakens your immune system, that causes stress, that causes depression and round and round it goes. My doctor suggested anti-depressents, but I said I wouldn't be depressed if I wasn't sick.

So, either way I need to shake things up. After six weeks of being sick I'm finally feeling better. So now I'm ready to get rid of some unnecessary stuff. I'm reducing my hours at work and hopefully going to get rid of some clutter around the house. 

I'm going to try to focus on the most basic of things.

Simple pleasures, good food, good rest, basic exercise, and fresh air.

Hopefully Spring is here to stay for a while.