The Two Job Two Step

"The key to any dance is learning the steps"

My life is a constant game of juggling.  

The key to juggling is to not let anything to close together and to concentrate on the ball about to hit your face while keeping your eye on the other ones.  Friday was just a reminder of how important my juggling act is in my life right now.

As I stated, I work two jobs.  One is a desk job 9-5 and 5 days a week.  My other is a bar job that I work Friday and Saturday nights till 2 am and occasionally on Tuesdays.  Since I work for a Not-for-profit I like to think that I:

                “Save the world by day and get it drunk at night.”

I know, I know your in the presence of a modern day super hero. 

Friday’s are a lot on me and I know.  I work 8 am to 2 am straight.  I don’t tell you this for a sympathy card because that is not what I’m looking for.  I tell you this to let you know that it is doable!  If you need to have your ends meet and don’t want to have to go crawling to the Bank of Mommy and Daddy to pay your bills as a 20 something year-old, all the hard work you do now when your body can take it will be worth it.

Sometimes I worry that’ll I look back on 22 and think wow I didn’t have enough fun.  But in all truth I don’t look back on College and wish that I was drunk more, or went to that Kappa Sigma Social on my only night off from work.  I look now and think wow I spent a lot of money or I shouldn’t have lived in that expensive apartment for 2 years and lived at home.

So my hopes are in 5 to 6 years when all my college loans are paid off and I’m starting a family I can look back to 22 and think “I’m really glad I busted my butt then, instead of having to pay $400 a month on college loans and day care.”

Ok I’m done with my deep thoughts (rant) -- Now back to yesterday.

So at my 9 to 5, I was trying to leave by 4:30 so I would be able to stop by my house before the bar job.

 But at 4 o’clock I realized that I wanted to go a different way with the copy that I wrote that was due before Close of Business.

I am a true perfectionist and wanted to impress my boss with my writing skills.  Therefore, this copy had to be perfect.

But as the time kept creeping I knew that I wasn’t going to be done by 4:30 to leave.

I texted the head waitress to let her know my dilemma.

The key to having a part time job and a full time job is having a job that understands that you have other commitments.  Therefore when scenarios like yesterday happen they are understand and just expect you to be there when you can.

Luckily I was only 4 minutess late to the bar job.  But yesterday was a reminder on how good your scheduling and planning must be.

I know not an exciting story but a moment where I realized how hectic my life can be.

Well this Busy Girl is on her way to a party.  I’ll update you later!

Any suggestions on how you handle multiple commitments (work) at the same time?