Finding balance

Shipmates,
I've recently been in the grip of a project at work that has required greater than normal focus and a departure from the family <-> work <-> Auxiliary balance I like to maintain. I accept that my responsibilities will, from time to time, upset my preferred balance -- particularly if I am challenging myself. Times like these do remind me of an unhealthy period in my life when I lived out of balance on an ongoing basis. This was not due to the fact that I was doing too much of any one part of the puzzle that is a life, rather I was inattentive to