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November 10, 2005
Balance
We're finally getting some November-appropriate weather. Although I've enjoyed the unseasonable warmth we've had for the past couple of weeks, I've found it a little worrisome; it's been difficult to suppress visions of receding glaciers and melting polar ice caps, which in turn get me all worked up over the Bush administration's arrogance with regard to environmental issues (and, well, everything). So, in the end, I've felt a bit guilty for enjoying winter's temporary delay.
I slipped another fine run in yesterday afternoon between classes. I got in a little over an hour which I'm going to call 8 miles. It occurred to me as I was running how effortlessly the run fit into my day. I realized that it had been a while since I had felt as if I was scrambling to get a workout in, or running at the expense of something else I should be doing, or doing something else at the expense of running, or doing something else at the expense of something else, or.... And it hit me: I have somehow managed to achieve that elusive thing called BALANCE. Everything fits; everything works.
This is the first time since I've started law school that I've felt this way. I'm busy without being overwhelmed. I think the key to balance for me is simplification: choose two, or at most three, things that are important and concentrate on doing them well. Seems to be working so far... ask me again once finals roll around. ;)
Posted by alweiss at November 10, 2005 08:54 AM