When I had Gabriel, more things in my life changed other than the fact I had a new baby. I quit working as a paralegal and started exploring options as working as a freelance writer. I found work at my current job, Content Solutions, and I started my first paid job in the video game journalism industry, as loosely based as job in the industry was. I still work for Content Solutions, I have a different job in video game journalism, and I’ve started my own business as a SEO consultant since then. Now that baby #2 has arrived, I’m seeing that things are going to change once more, both personally and with my career(s).
Like Gabe, Zack will stay at home with me for at least a year, if not 18 months to two years. I’m going to have to figure out how to fit in work with Zack’s schedule, not to mention Gabriel’s school and extra-curricular schedule (I’m about to become a soccer mom). Work with Content Solutions should be relatively simple to fit in, as I used to do this exact same schedule when it was just Gabe at home. I have to admit I’m nervous about how I can continue to write news for GameRevolution and ActionTrip during this time. I hope it will work out, but I have to be realistic and honest with my employers as well.
Then there’s SGR, which I’m not letting go of any time soon. I created that site for me back in 2009, and it’s grown to so much more than I thought it possibly could. I haven’t been able to actively work on it since oh, August 17th, but I really want that site to take a priority, even though at this point I’m not making much money from it at all.
Of course there are things I want to do for me too, like train for the Dallas Half-Marathon I have in just three months. I miss exercising like I never knew was possible, and I’m eager to get outside and start walking again. I’m not supposed to get “serious” about training for another two weeks at least thanks to this C-section, but surely it’s okay for me to walk around a mile if it’s cool enough (which of course it hasn’t been since we’re still in triple-digit temperatures, grrr).
I also want to remember to write on this blog more often. I used to be so diligent (before kids of course), and I don’t want this to become another waste of forgotten space on the interwebs.
Too many goals? Yeah, probably, but that’s kind of what I do–overload myself so I can’t be bored. Usually just the cleanliness of the house gets sacrificed, and I’m quite okay with that.
There can never be too many goals. ^_^ Just don’t beat yourself up when you don’t have time for everything. I have three apps, two new websites, a product line for babies with flat heads, GA and TGA and my full time job. I have also written treatments for tv shows I want to sell.
I don’t have time for everything, but I figure I do what I can and people will either be there or not. I update GA when I can. I play when I can and I work when I can. The most important thing to me is being there for pumpkin and enjoying life. Which is actually pretty hard to do some days.
Good luck hon and keep creating those goals!