Be Aware, I Yet Live
It's been a busy month. Or rather, a busy month-plus, since we're a third of the way into April at this point. The main reason I've been so busy is the Atlas Games work that I agreed to finish on a nights-and-weekends freelance basis, upon starting at Fantasy Flight. I've turned over the main chunk of the Atlas work now — the layout files for Houses of Hermes: Societates — so breathing room has become less scarce in the past few days. I've been able to watch some House on DVD (you're watching House, right?), do a little catching up around the house, and read a bunch of A Game of Thrones. It's been really nice.
Being so busy over the last month has highlighted one of my perpetual stupidities: committing to, and doing, too many things. Some might say way too many things. It used to be easier to commit to too many things; High School Jeff, College Jeff, and Grad School Jeff had fewer non-negotiable Important Life Committments.
This propensity to over-commit, I think, will turn out to be like alcoholism, by which I don't mean to make light of alcoholics, but rather to say that I think it's unlikely I will ever be cured of it, even if I manage to avoid the symptoms for long stretches. "Hi, I'm Jeff, and I'm an over-committer."
The thing to do, I think, is to be aware and mindful of which things I really want to make time for, and which things ought to be let go, even if they'd make some random other person think nice thoughts about me. Although I'm sometimes good at being aware and mindful, I'm not very good at letting things go.
I think I might take a permanent break from blogging.
But not before I post the Jesus-related humor that came in the postal mail yesterday. (And all the funnier for being unintentional.) Stay tuned...
Comments
I'm an overcommitter myself. I'd add more, but I don't have the time.
Hi,
My name is Alex and I'm an overcommitter.
(Please don't stop posting It's hard enough the tidball clan migrated en mass. How else are we to get our semi-regular dose of Kettenek's justice?)
I second Alex's remarks, except you migrated to about 1600 miles closer to me (or however many that actually is.)
Come on, how long does bloggin take?
I am totally an hypercommitter, but I refuse to feel sorry for it. ;) Life is either crazy or boring, and boring just sucks.
Another overcommitter here, posting from work at 10:45 p.m. As one does. I feel your pain. You should know, though, that we enjoy your blogging and appreciate it, like postcards from our absent family members, when it comes. If it were up to me, and I know it's not, I think you should just post when the fancy hits you, and not worry that it may take a while between posts. We miss the Tidballs over on this side of the world.
:)
Yeah, Jeff. 'Cause blogging is a symptom if you over-committing. That's just crazy talk.