I said to my wife yesterday that I finally felt balanced again. I have been productive around the house and begun re-losing some of the weight I had put on since the marathon. When you keep eating like you are training for a marathon without actually training for a marathon, you are going to put some pounds on. Recently (February), I resigned my position as a site administrator in order to go back to teaching. This was key in bringing myself into balance. There are many reasons why I did this, but the biggest and most important was that I need to be doing something that I find fulfilling.
As I shared my decision to go back to teaching, I received a tremendous outpouring of support and words of encouragement. I joked with some friends and coworkers about how I wondered if I had been a teacher of a different subject (other than music), would the reaction be the same. "Hey everyone, I am going back to teaching grammar," doesn't quite have the same heartfelt warmth to it as "Hey everyone, I am going back to teaching music!" (No offense to grammar teachers, I had to pick something.)
I am excited for the new year and for the first time in a long time I feel balanced. You can expect to see some regular posts starting again. I know I will be looking forward to posting on how I use technology in music and the classroom. (wow has technology changed for the classroom and music in 12 years, so many cool things!).