My Life with Bright, Shiny Objects

I've been focusing lately on how to make room in my life for all the things I love to do. Given that I work full time (and then some) and need to sleep every day, this is a challenge. The really frustrating part is that I have a tendency to spend lots of time and energy on the fun new thing, and then sort of forget it as I move on to the next. Then I remember it later, and how much I enjoyed it, and cycle back around. Or at least think wistfully about it.

I was chatting with @luminousheart about this, and she called it Bright Shiny Object Syndrome. Perfect! My life is a room full of Bright Shiny Objects, most of them littered about me on the floor. They are just as bright and shiny, but somehow less enticing than they used to be.

I've been using Dance of Shiva to try to work through this pattern, and a few things have surfaced:

• I would like to take a broader view when setting priorities. I am playing with some visual reminders to see what works.
• I do better when externally motivated. How can I help myself be more self-motivating? Still working on that one.
  
• Keep writing. Here, and in my morning pages. Writing is a great tool for self-awareness, probably my best one.
• Find little niches where I can fit things in. Example: I found an audio podcast of A Course in Miracles, and I listen to each day's lesson on my way in to work
  

Most of all, I look forward to retiring from my job so I have more time for all the other stuff I want to do. That's still several years away, though, and I will NOT live in a holding pattern until then. So I keep on with the juggling act, pray for balance, and do the footwork to make it happen.