Ever feel like this?
Like your life’s sole purpose is to keep all those plates spinning?
You give one a few flips of the wrist to keep one plate going only to find another teetering on the brink of falling.
You rush to that plate and give it a few whirls only to notice another wobbling.
Your attention quickly turns to that plate but yet another plate has almost stopped completely and ready to abandon its post.
About the time you save that one the first one you spun is slowing down.
And so it goes, on and on. Spinning plate after plate. Never making progress.
You’re tempted to let one plate fall but something is stopping you.
You give it one more spin. One’s not enough though.
You’ve spent so much time and energy keeping that one going you just can’t let it go.
Just one more spin turns into another that turns into another.
Round and round they go.
Have you been there?
Are you there now?
I am.
I follow Christ. That’s a plate.
I am a husband. That’s another plate.
I’m a dad. There’s plate number three.
I am a web developer. Plate four.
I volunteer at church. Number five.
We’re trying to dig our way out of debt, so we’re trying to figure out different ways to make more money and spend less. Plate six.
We are new homeowners. There are a lot of projects that need done. Seven
I’m writing a book. There’s eight.
I’m developing an iPhone/iPad app. That’s plate nine.
I’m trying to get back in shape. Ten.
I’m a blogger (well at least I try to be). Number eleven.
I’m a Beachbody Coach. Plate number twelve.
These are just the plates I can think of off the top of my head.
That’s a lot of spinning. I’m not sure the ideal number of plates but I’m sure the smaller the better.
There are a few main plates that I will keep spinning no matter the cost.
However, figuring out which ones to let fall is the difficult decision.
How about you? How many plates to you have going right now? How do you decide which plates to let go?
