Do You Have Balance in Your Life?

My husband often shares with me videos from Darren Hardy when he thinks it is something I might find interesting. One day a few week ago he set me on titled "Life Balance is a Crock"

The thought in the video was a challenge that balance in life is something we chase after and never achieve. I have spent years trying to find the ultimate balance for life. I find many days I sit down after dinner with a cup of tea and see a clean house, loving husband, my child contentedly doing her homework, no one from work emailing with a problem and the dog quietly taking a nap. HA HA HA HA! I can not recall that ever happening. I am always feeling like I am not doing enough, there is always some where I should be cleaning, some one I should be spending more time with, and always too many things on my check off list, I wish I had never put on the list in the first place!

On vacation - yes my little girl made a check list everyday of things we needed to do...

Yes, balance is something we are all looking for, yet is it something like Darren Hardy said, "a pot of gold at the bottom of the rainbow". My thought is yes, we constantly are setting ourselves up for failure and disappointment. We spend our time comparing ourselves (and our life events) to things on Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, I could go on and on! I also compare myself to my mom's generation (they do it all! Working moms with clean houses and home cooked meals every night) and Martha Stewart (don't get me started on the damage she has done)

I want it all, a clean house and time to relax. Can I have both? Most days my choices are: clean the house or go for a walk...only 24 hours in a day and I refuse to loose any more sleep!
I ask myself this morning why do we chase after the "pot of gold"? Why can I not look around my house and focus on the clean kitchen and not focus on the craziness happening in the living room.

Today my challenge is find balance in the life I have chosen. I will not live in the framework I feel I should have, yet live in the moment extending grace to myself and my family for the unexpected interruptions. Living life in a messing house, eating popcorn for dinner and being grateful because I worked a long week and a pay check is on it's way!  - that my friend is my new balance!