Unsettled.

I am feeling "off" today. Can't really find the right word to explain it so "off" comes closest.

Every day I sit here at work for 8+ hours and think about all the creative things I want to do when I get home. I make notes of ideas and inspirations. I jot down quotes and lyrics that I want to incorporate in a scrapbook page. I browse the internet (quickly since I AM at work) looking for supplies.

And then I get home. And it all changes.

There is dinner to fix, laundry to fold, dishes to put away, homework to review. There are fights to break up and feelings to soothe. Then baths, stories, tuck-ins and snuggles.

By the time all of that is done, I am exhausted, both physically and mentally. And when I am mentally tired I cannot be creative.

It is really frustrating because the next day the same situation starts over and usually ends the same, me tired and no creativity.

I need to find a way to balance this so that I am able to get some creative time in, maybe not daily but a couple of times a week would be nice.

How do you balance everything? I would love to hear your thoughts, ideas, solutions!