Will Life Slow Down?

Sometimes I feel as if I enter this phase in my life in which I am constantly looking forward to a specific day or time, thinking to myself that once that day or time arrives, things will clear up, another thing will be taken off my plate, and life will slow down.

But then, inevitably, that day or time comes, and things don’t slow down as I had anticipated. I never quite understand why or how this is. It just doesn’t always add up.

Now, don’t get me wrong, I am not meaning to complain. I feel incredibly lucky right now. My personal, professional and social lives are all doing well. It is just that they are a bit, well, overactive.

Personally, I have been spending a lot more time sleeping. As it turns out, this growing a baby stuff, is quite tiring. As a result of spending more time sleeping, it seems as though the rest of the day is more full, simply because there are fewer hours remaining.

Professionally, I am super busy right now preparing to present at Friday’s conference. Aaron and I were asked to do a joint presentation for a group of ALTs on classroom management. We have been busily preparing our presentation outline and handouts and trying to make ourselves as prepared as possible. The prospect of presenting in front of about 40 of our peers and colleagues is a bit daunting, but I know we will get through it.

Socially, I have been busy working with AJET and planning some RSVPs for our prefecture. When I signed up to be part of the organization, I did not know that I was pregnant and I am beginning to wonder how long I will be able to stay involved. I have begun delegating out a few more things, and not taking on quite as many roles myself, but it is still time-consuming. Also, we have been spending more time developing and building some of our newer friendships. It has been fun to make the new connections and watch them develop, but a bit more time-consuming.

So sure, some of these things will end, others will change, but I highly doubt that life is ever going to slow down the way I think it will. And, in some ways, I hope it doesn’t.

Posted on Tuesday, October 28th, 2008 at 5:19 pm. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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