Tuesday, November 08, 2005

And on to the mid-week

I sometimes worry about my wifey. She does way too much. She keeps taking on more work until she is absolutely consumed and I feel helpless. She is an overacheiver and feels that she can always do more, but there comes a time when one has to say enough. I've tried to tell her this in the past, but she gets defenseive and says that all these things are important to her and her kids (she's an educator). I feel helpless and as a result I kind of go into "don't pay attention to the problem and just be supportive" mode. Most days I react by just trying to make her laugh a bit. I'm not sure if that helps, but, at the same time, I don't want her to give up things that are important to her. But, I don't think that she needs to run herself ragged either. If she takes on too much, then it becomes difficult to do all or any of them to the fullest potential,and she suffers no matter how mind-numbingly amazing she is...

Maybe I need to find better ways to support her... Somedays I feel like its best to just let her go and do her thing. Others I want to just try and get her to stop doing so much. Most of the time, since I am naturally afraid of any kind of conflict, i just let things go and try to be there. I can't change any one and I am in no position to tell anyone what to do.

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