I truly believe that balance is the key to a happy life. The balance between work and play, the balance between eating/drinking what you want and taking care of yourself, the balance between giving your children everything and still being your own person/doing things for yourself. It's all about finding a way to come back to the middle when you start to tilt too far to one side. And recently, I've just started to come back to the middle myself after a long while of being tilted completely to one side... so here is what I have to say.

Balance.

In my life right now, my main struggles are about the balance between work and play. As a college student, I've found it very easy to skip class and go to the movies instead. I've found it very easy to push off the paper I need to write until tomorrow. It can be especially hard being in a relationship with someone who has already graduated and doesn't have to do all of that anymore. Thankfully, she is so supportive and kicks my butt into gear when I need it. But I just got lucky there. It's truly a difficult thing to be young and want to do all of these fun things and go on crazy trips or hang out with your friends, while still having the responsibilities of an adult like paying bills, having to work and living on your own.

Balance.

The main takeaway that I want this article to have is that you are not alone in this craziness. I know it's difficult, but you just have to find your motivation. For me, it was the fact that I wasn't acting like someone who would be a responsible mother. I know that might sound crazy, but my main goal and biggest dream in life is to be an amazing mother. And I looked at myself in the mirror one day and realized that if I didn't pull myself together, start going to class, get another job and start doing things that make me happy again. I was never going to reach that goal. So my advice to you would be to find whatever it is that motivates you. Even if it's just the idea of the future that you want for yourself. Find it, cling to it and never let it go. Because in the times where you feel completely unbalanced, all weebly and wobbly, it will pull you right out.