I feel a little like a Weeble-Wobble of late — can’t seem to find my balance. The non-profit organization where I hold my day job is extremely busy right now. Before that heated up, we went through a lot of personal changes — my husband took a new job that changes several aspects of our lives. It’s a great development, and I’m glad that I’m able to be useful at my own job, but it does making writing difficult. I’m not the kind of person who grabs any fifteen minutes she can to write. I have to have large blocks of time to myself. I recently changed my work schedule to allow for that, but I still haven’t gotten the chance to take advantage yet. Sometimes it feels like I can do only one thing at time well — either writing or my job or taking care of my health or the house or the finances. There’s a lot of competition, which is one of the reasons why it’s so important to self-identify as a writer, no matter your level of publication. Otherwise, it’s so hard to give it priority — even though I’ve noticed more and more how much lower my spirits are when I’m not writing.