oh the buseyness of it all

Lately I have begun to wonder what it is that possesses me to stay so busy all the time. There is this crazy bone in my body that gets really bored if I don't have something to do all the time. Do I ever have a day off? Not really. I guess that's part of being a grown-up. There literally is always something I could be doing...whether I want to is another story altogehter. But it's not the typical grown-up kind of busy I'm talking about. I love to be involved in a lot of different things. I decided not to continue in graduate school because it was taking up too much of my time, and I didn't believe that I had an adequate work/life balance. What did I end up doing instead? I joined a gym (we all know how that story turned out - now I live there) and I began coaching junior high small groups at the church. I coached for two years, but this year I gave up being a junior high small group coach at church because it was taking up too much time. Somehow I miraculously (pun intended) found other things to fill Wednesday nights. Town council meetings, Keystone Club advising, etc. Beyond that, though, I worked my butt off to get promoted at work. Now that I am the Branch Executive at my Club, I have a lot of community events and (late) meetings that I have to be a part of, but I prefer to see it as I get to be a part of them. I love connecting with other people, even if in some settings I tend to feel a little fish-out-of-watery. I've become active in the Queen Creek Chamber of Commerce, I've volunteered to be involved with the Holiday Festival and Parade. Yes, the Club benefits from it financially, and it is expected that I will be a part of it, but even if I weren't I still love planning events and being a part of something bigger than myself. I'd probably still be a part of the committee if I weren't in my current job - it's a really great event! God Bless my husband, Steven, for being so patient with me. I THRIVE off of social outings where I get to interact with other professionals and people in the community, and because of that I am often out of the house and away from my dear husband more nights than not. Anyway, I guess I'm just a highly-motivated person who needs a lot of stimulation to keep myself moving forward. I really do get bored if I end up sitting around the house without much to do.

What makes you tick?