The Bigger Picture
I had a childbirth class today - just another reminder that the due date is coming up extremely quick. This pregnancy has went by too fast. Life has went by too fast.
It’s so hard to get lost in the daily grind - working that 9 to 5 or finishing a client project just to be able to pay the bills. I’m no stranger to the feeling. My workaholism has strained my relationship with my wife in the past. It can be tough trying to juggle work and personal life, especially when work sometimes occurs at home.
It really is a Catch-22: you work hard to provide a better life for your family, but your family complains you’re always working. And rightly so. Sometimes you need a wake up call - or a kick in the nuts - to keep in perspective what really matters. In the end, I don’t want to look back and regret missing out on something just because I was too preoccupied with finishing a project. All the money in the world can’t buy back lost time.
It’s something I’ll always need to be reminded of. I guess it’s just the way my mind works and my wife is correctly equipped to be able to do that time and time again. As time draws near for my son to come, I really am going to try harder in keeping sight of the big picture; what really matters.
Favorite quote from here:
If you’re happy in your career before the age of thirty, you’re probably doing something wrong…
Let’s see where this goes..
So I started this space to basically talk about/document/rant about the my life right now and in the months to come. I haven’t told my wife, family, or friends that this is my blog, or followed them on tumblr. I feel it allows me more freedom to not have to censor what’s on my mind. I would definitely write different if I had to discuss at the dinner table with my wife my post for the day. If they find it in the future, so be it.
A little about me. I’m 25, and within a span of a two years, I’ve gotten married, bought a house, and am a few weeks from having a new son. I’m definitely nearing a comfortable and settled stage of my life. The thing is, I feel as it’s happened way too fast. I’d like to have taken more trips, tried a few business ideas, had more nights out with the guys, and of course spent more alone time with my wife. That’s not to say those all can’t be done, but adding a newborn to the mix makes the juggling act exponentially harder.
I’m pretty sure I can do it, I seem to make it all work out in the end somehow. That’s not to say it won’t be a stressful and tiring journey. My aim with this blog is to be able to just speak my mind about my situation at that point in time. It’s to keep me from snapping at my family, and a place to turn to when those around me can’t relate.
I’m skeptical of myself of actually following through with this written space in the long run. I can get caught up in my side projects and this may be just one of those phases. Either way, whatever I have written up until that point will be that much less off my chest. So let’s see where this goes.
