Finding a balance...

[Tangled Web]

We have had such a crazy busy couple of weeks that has made the time fly by so fast. It makes it extremely hard to keep track of the days. Work has been very chaotic and that is what our focus has been on. It has taken all our energy and time, that we have not had any time for working on us. But the way I look at it, it is nice to have a break from dealing with our issues, just wish we could find more of a balance that didn't involve one chaotic thing after another.

So we were wondering.....how do people find a way to balance your lives? What types of things do you do to take breaks from things that are becoming too overwhelming? For us it seems like we throw ourselves into something else and let that completely overtake us, leaving everything else that was overwhelming us before behind. The only thing is that in doing that it doesn't take us long to feel overwhelmed again in the new situation we threw ourselves into and all we eventually end up feeling in the end, is completely burnt out.

So how do people find that healthy balance? Or what are some things you've tried to find it?
Are you able to see patterns (like my example) that you do when you are becoming completely overwhelmed with something? And do you have effective strategies in place to help you deal with those things that gets you to place where things become more balanced again?

TW