There’s an ebb and flow to this small business thing. And when it flows, it pours.
Or am I mixing a metaphor?
Right now we’re in one of those crazy-busy, no time for showering sort of times. Our house magically converts into a dorm room. Dishes and laundry are piled, there’s no dearth of Red Bull and take-out, and all nighters are more common than not.
So, our house is gross. I’m sort of gross.
I’m not sure if this is how things will always be now. I don’t know if there will always be seasons of insanity, or if things are like this off and on right now because we’re still finding our footing.
I do know I’m still not good at it. The busy streaks sneak up on me, and I find myself fumbling, losing my grip on things like housework and hygiene and blogging. But I am getting a smidge better at carving time out for us to enjoy one another, even amidst the chaos. We force ourselves to see things like pumpkin-picking orchard Saturdays as all-caps MANDATORY, and I’m getting better at shrugging off the guilty feeling that I’m enjoying myself while emails are neglected.
I guess there will be days when emails will, by necessity, trump orchard trips.
I just hope I get better at knowing when those times are.
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Oct 23, 2012 8:48 am
I feel you on this. I feel like in grad school I walk through the week saying “I can’t.” and on the weekends I try my best to say “Yes”, even when I feel like I can’t.
Oct 23, 2012 8:57 am
Well, we’ve missed you for sure. My dad used to run his own business out of our basement, and he also had the monsoon seasons when we’d never see him for days. It took a while, but eventually his business grew big enough for him to settle his schedule. Hopefully you’ll look back on this busy season someday and say to each other, “Remember when we lived on Red Bull and take out? So glad that was just a symptom of how awesomely our business was growing!”
Oct 23, 2012 8:12 pm
Well congratulations!!!! (and take a shower…..)
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