Finding A Balance

In my last post I briefly touched on the fact that I sometimes become tired, sore, disorganized when managing my job as an OT in the school settings along with managing other adult tasks.  The question has begun to rise for me....how am I going to approach this?  Like everyone else I want to be able to participate in everything that life has to offer including having a career, maintaining a household, traveling, hobbies and relationships.  When do I say "No, I can't do all of this?"  Saying "No." to what our society has to offer really isn't in my nature.  Then I began to realize that saying "No." to what we all "should" be doing isn't in the nature of the majority of most Americans.

As I was gathering some of these thoughts and ideas about how I am going to get the most out of my mid adult life I came up with a few more questions or realizations.  How do other people with physical disabilities manage these challenges?  They certainly don't have a team of therapists and coordinators running around making sure they follow their plan.  Then I remembered that important word inclusion and how important it is with the students we work with at school.  Many adults with physical disabilities have something that is acquired based on their lifestyle and trying to come up with cool tricks to keep up with doing what they "should" be doing.  Becoming disabled at some point throughout our adult life is something that we're all going to face at some point even if it's from an acute injury.  So I began to realize that discussing stress reduction, organization and a healthy life style is something that every adult needs to be apart of.  Also because of the place I am at in my life I have learned true happiness and success is about having a good balance in all aspects of life.

One day I came across this article and felt it was perfect for what I had begun brainstorming:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-dannemiller/busy-is-a-sickness_b_6761264.html