Start realizing the little things are important.

It's the little things that are important in life. Friends, family, a smile, finishing something that you thought couldn't be done.

I would like to think we all need to look at those and realize it's the collection of all the little things that helps us through the day. It's how I keep moving. I try not to dwell on anything for too long and I move on. It seems to work for me. It's always the big things that make me stress, but once I step back and look at all the little things, I am happier.

...getting good news and getting to go to a hockey game tonight isn't half bad either.

I take everything that comes my way one day at a time.

No, I don't have multiple personality disorder or anything like that. But, I do pretty much live five lives that all intertwine with each other.

• Boyfriend
• Father
• Manager
• Student
• Musician

That's a lot of one person to handle. I like to think I do all aspects of it well. There are not too many other people I know that take on all of that at the same time and still have time for themselves. Right now, the student is trying to take over all other aspects of my life. There is so much to get done right now before the end of the semester it's about to kill me.

I have work from Monday through Friday, that's nothing new. I have been doing that for years. Being a father never stops. Being a decent boyfriend as well to my lady during all of this stress is not always the easiest, but she is the reason I am able to keep it all together. Then on top of that I am a musician. Music runs through my body all the time. I have probably written more songs in my head on the way home than I can even think and they are all lost because it happens during a 40 minute ride home form work.

I'll be posting some of the things I do to juggle everything I do on this blog. It won't be updated as much as my other one Today was better because... but I will be updating it on a normal (once a week or more?) basis. Some of the things that are there do help contribute to how I make things better in these five lives. If you've got things that help you out, feel free to comment on the posts. I'll pass them along in other postings as well.