I have been struggling lately finding balance in my life. For short period of time, I was able to focus most of my time on my family, but I wasn't doing enough for myself and I was not happy. When I decided to focus more on myself and swim more often, I wasn't very happy with how much time I was spending away from my family. The past few months, work interrupted my swimming schedule and other life happenings required most of my focus; now my swimming has been much less than what I want it to be. I want to find a happy balance between all three. I know that compared to some of you that I am still young, but I worry that my life is slipping away and I am not enjoying it as much as I can.
I am curious as to how to find that magical balance and be happy with all three, or if I am looking for something that does not exist. Thanks.
I can only relate my experience. I am now 56 with 4 grown up kids. I am at the peak of my career and have attained most of my career goals. I am of good health and pretty good financially (but still unable to retire). I now swim nearly everyday. But it wasn't always like that. Like when I had 4 young kids and we were struggling to make ends meet.
What I'm trying to say is take a deep breath. It won't alway be like this. At different ages you will have different priorities. That's just the way it is. I would make two suggestions:
1. Set realistic goals for your situation.
2. Swimming is time consuming (getting to the pool, the session itself,shower and driving back) and you are also time constrained by the pool. I would suggest something I have done in the past and still do - a body weight exercise circuit done at home. You need minimal or no equipment, it can be done in 20-30 minutes and will give you a great w/o. Go here to see what I mean: www.rosstraining.com
Doing two bw sessions a week + 2 swimming sessions will keep you in great shape.
I can only relate my experience. I am now 56 with 4 grown up kids. I am at the peak of my career and have attained most of my career goals. I am of good health and pretty good financially (but still unable to retire). I now swim nearly everyday. But it wasn't always like that. Like when I had 4 young kids and we were struggling to make ends meet.
What I'm trying to say is take a deep breath. It won't alway be like this. At different ages you will have different priorities. That's just the way it is. I would make two suggestions:
1. Set realistic goals for your situation.
2. Swimming is time consuming (getting to the pool, the session itself,shower and driving back) and you are also time constrained by the pool. I would suggest something I have done in the past and still do - a body weight exercise circuit done at home. You need minimal or no equipment, it can be done in 20-30 minutes and will give you a great w/o. Go here to see what I mean: www.rosstraining.com
Doing two bw sessions a week + 2 swimming sessions will keep you in great shape.
