It's time, loyal reader, that I put a question to you. How do you achieve that perfect work-life balance? It's something I have struggled with since moving to Pennsylvania, and I don't know how people find the time to fit everything in. We don't even have kids, and by the time I get home, I wonder how we're ever going to be able to run around to things like baseball practice or music lessons.
I ask this because it has been tough to motivate myself to go to the gym. By the time I get home some nights, it seems too late to go, or I don't have the energy to go.
I get up in the morning at 6am. I peter around for an hour or so before getting ready for work and leaving between 730am and 8am. My 22 mile commute to work can take from 45 minutes to 2 hours on the worst days. I work until 5 most nights, but sometimes, I am required to stay late. The 22 mile commute home doesn't necessarily take as long, but it has been known to take up to an hour (worse if there is snow). Sometime, Jess and I meet for dinner after work, or go to dinner when we get home between 6-7pm. This means I may not get home until 7pm to 9pm depending on the evening's activities.
Many nights I am until 1130pm just to catch up on some TV shows and other things around the house. So I am already shorting myself on sleep. I can get up any earlier and go to the gym. I cant rely on myself to go to the gym after work every night. I am just kind of confused right now.
It was much easier back in the day, when all I had was work, and party time late nights... all my friends were at the gym. I always had a workout buddy, and I always had people to socialize with, no matter when I went in. Maybe I can talk Easton into buying the Brandywine YMCA... but I digress.
So I'm putting the question to you:
How do you achieve your work-life balance, and how do you fit the things for yourself, like going to the gym and staying active, into that work-life balance?
Put your answer in the comments of the blog entry, and maybe it will better help me to understand what I need to get my shit in order.
I sound kind of whiny too, don't I? Please drop your pithy remarks in there too. I need the reality check.
On a completely unrelated note, remember when Good Charlotte were good before they became stars, but after the whole rocking out for Christ thing? Those 3 months were magical for Benji and Joel.
