By Christine Gilbert

Things I don't want to miss out on.

This post is not entirely travel related, but I figure that balancing priorities is something that everyone struggles with and it’s something that I’ve been thinking about quite a bit.

Since becoming a mother, I’ve had to work even more creatively to find time for everything I want to accomplish.  Previously, I used my willingness to work long hours as my go-to strategy for bailing myself out.  Once I had Cole, I couldn’t do that anymore.  I had to actually think about whether I “really” wanted to do a project because my time became even more finite, and over committing meant taking me away from my son.  For the first time, I realized what a spineless wimp... More...