I find a real estate agent talking about balance almost laughable. Some days are so busy I barely have time to eat. Other days I find myself wondering if my cell phone is broken as it's painfully quiet. We can have balance, but not every day. And that is as it should be.
The balance I find in my life is spread out over time, actually over a lifetime. When I was a child I loved school. I read voraciously and studying was one of my favorite things to do. Go ahead and laugh, actually my own children responded to that story with, "Mom, you're sick!" I enjoyed my days as a student and made the most of them. Was my life was out of balance? Oh yeah, I was obsessed with learning. 
I taught school with the same passion I approached my education. I wanted the best for my students, and as a result other areas of my life were not perfectly in balance during my teaching years, but I have some wonderful memories of triumphs and break-through moments. Those fulfilling memories will be with me always.
Motherhood found me with four children in ten years. Those were the years of living with very little sleep, and suppressing my own goals while I spent time nurturing, teaching and enjoying my kids. Those were also years filled with laughter and joy. Was my life balanced? Not at all. Was full-time motherhood worth it? For me, absolutely. No regrets.
When the youngest was in school full-time I was off to real estate school and delighted to find I could comprehend more than Dr. Seuss and Disney stories. Oops, now I'm working weekends, searching for property all hours of the night, juggling evening appointments, checking homework and quizzing for tests. Balance seemed to elude me. However, I found happiness in each chapter of my life.
The children are grown, I'm single and have all the time I want for career I did not have when they were babies. Looking back, there was beautiful balance in the life I composed. I had it all, just not all at the same time. I'm so looking forward to traveling too much, painting too much, blogging too much and selling too much real estate during this chapter of my life.
Being a bit off balance at times is challenging, exhilarating and fun. Don't beat yourself up if yours disappears every once in awhile. You may discover you are stronger and capable of so much more than you ever believed.
Norma Toering & Team RE/MAX Palos Verdes Realty
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South Bay Los Angeles cities I sell real estate, property, houses and homes in: Palos Verdes Estates, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, Rancho Palos Verdes, San Pedro, Long Beach, Torrance, Lomita, Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach and Manhattan Beach.
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