Break the Cycle

If you can't learn from your mistakes you are doomed to repeat them. One thing in my life that I seem to be doomed to repeat is the cycle of taking on too much until I reach a breaking point. I just noticed a post from 2010 on this exact subject. I managed to regain balance and in turn regain health. I accomplished this just to repeat the cycle in 2011. I was stressed to the point of illness and I let myself quit things that I enjoyed in favor of obligations that made me unhappy. I eventually broke free of those stresses and spent the second half of the year recovering.

The question I have now is, can I mantain a happy medium between what I want to do and what I need to do. Can I do everything I want and not take on so much that I become overwhelmed? I just don't know. It's a pattern that I've repeated over and over.

Maybe being aware will be a first step toward keeping balance in my life. Maybe by knowing I can avoid allowing myself to be overwhelmed. Really, the key now is to learn to make choices. I can't do everything and I have to acept that and make the choices that mean the most to me.