The Consumed

We are so busy, each and every day...we as Americans want to have it all and do it all, NOW. Me included.
I wanted to fit every last thing in my schedule, to get it all done, and then wonder why at the end of the day I am stressed out. Seems simple, take the down time...but it's not that easy.

Our kids have demands, our families have demands, and our jobs do too. I love my job(s). All of them, and none of them I, will I likely ever be financially rich from. Parenting costs money, the Y , well, they are non profit so the pay is mediocre at best, and considering how much I put in to teaching just one class, well, you know, it's not about the money.
My regular job as a Nurse, well, it pays well, but the job goes no where.Limited potential for moving up the career ladder and as long as you work for a large company, the little guy comes in, works hard and the reward is a paycheck, and maybe a little "great job pat on the back".
I get told a lot about how I can make some great money fast, the hard part for me, is that I would have to give up something, likely the exercise teaching as that is the most sporadic but still, time consuming thing that i do. So, my passion for teaching, would be the fire I put out, to make money.

Can't do it. Won't do it. Not worth it.

So, with that being said, we have to find the passion that drives us everyday and gets us where we want to go. Because at the end of it all, you have to make sure that what you did was worth it and made you proud.
No one wants to look at their children and have to say "no, we can't ", we don't want their future to be destined by the jobs we do and how much money we have, but most of us, may have to do that.
So, if you were suddenly faced with a HUGE cost or expense, do you have the means to take care of it? This is happening to us, right now. We have a daughter that needs help, and the cost is going to be high...no one likes the news, but the thing is, we do what we do because we love them.

So, my question, is what do you want out of this life? Do you want exactly what you have today?
Me, no, I want more. I want to touch more lives, I want more TIME, and I want more freedom. I want the the reward when someone tells me how great.._______ that was. Fill in the blank. That's my reward, that's what gives me back the purpose of what I do.
Somedays, how I wish it was in the checkbook, but for today, my purpose is being fulfilled.  Figure out your purpose, because, it will lift a load and get you through each day.