Balancing Act

In the 1985 movie Brewster’s Millions this man is given a set amount of money and told that he has to spend it all in a very short amount of time.  Suppose you were given $86,400 each day and you had to spend it all in that day.  You couldn’t keep any of it with you for the next day.  What would you spend it on?  It’s kind of fun to think about.

Well the news for some of you is that we are given 86,400 each day except it’s in time (seconds to be exact) and it’s up to us how we spend them.  Will we spend them sleeping in bed, obviously some of that is needed to function properly for the rest of the time.  Some of it needs to be on work, we after all didn’t get the windfall Brewster did.  There are so many things that we could spend that time on.

The theme of my learning this week was a balance of everything.  We need to balance our Work, Family, Church, School, Exercise, Fun and other activities.  This is something as a 35 year old College student I’ve had to learn firsthand.  I have a family with three kids.  I am the sole breadwinner for my family.  I also have had many different church callings (primarily around scouting), and of course I take 3-4 college classes each semester.  I’ve not gotten the balance perfect by any means, but I have learned that I don’t need straight A’s.  I don’t need to be at every activity for my family as long as I am there for a lot and they know I care.  I can delegate at work and in church callings as long as I’m pulling my weight when I can.  So much of our life we stress over what we’re not doing.  When you’re in the thick of your life though the greatest attribute you can have is to go to bed each and every night seeing all that you accomplished, because trust me, no matter how much you think about the next day, it’ll be waiting for you in the morning with another 86,400 for you to spend.