Jessica
“Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more.” — Henry V
This week for school, I’ve been reading Henry V, watching Henry V and writing about Henry V. Pretty soon, I’ll be breathing and eating Henry V. While writing my paper this evening, I’ve realized that lately I’ve been pushing myself into the breach, once more.
Last week, I was swallowed up fully by my job and my graduate studies. Due to some changes in the administration at my work, I’ve been (probably temporarily) given some of my boss’s responsibilities, so that she can take on some extra responsibilities. As daunting as this shift seems I am loving the opportunity. I find myself more excited to go to work each day, even as I work longer days. In between all of this, I still had readings and papers for my class, which I’m totally digging.
I’m left wondering what all this will mean for my writing practice. If I’m truly honest with myself, I was not successfully balancing the work-school-writing practice all that well before this change. Now that it’s happened, I don’t see where I’m going to find the time for writing.
Right now, I’m okay with that. I know I don’t have to make a decision for my writing or my work that will be final forever. I know that my writing, my career, and my education are lifelong pursuits, and that they will all wax and wane throughout my life. I know that for this moment in my life, my work and my studying fills me and fills my need for self-expression and creation.
So, if I’m a little quiet here lately, this is why. I’m making some adjustments to my life, so that I can fit all of this in. And really, I’m having a good time.
