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title: Work + Play = Balance
date: 2009-01-20T18:41:59Z
modified: 2009-01-20T18:41:59Z
permalink: "https://elizabethyarnell.com/work-play-balance/"
type: post
status: publish
excerpt: ""
wpid: 626
categories:
  - Living Naturally
  - Misc.
tags:
  - best sellers list
  - Glorious One-Pot Meals
  - pajama diaries
  - play
  - terri libenson
  - work
author: Elizabeth
---

I hope you all enjoyed the Martin Luther King holiday whether you responded to the national call to service and volunteered, or basked in the sunshine off a perfect ski day (like we did!). Part of living a healthy lifestyle means remembering to take time to feed your soul with good times and good friends and not spend all your time working or stressing.

I know that I can get sucked into the vortex of working around the clock, but when I do, my back seizes up, my wrists ache, I have less patience for my kids, and I lose my sense of humor. Not fun things. It’s important to take the time to pursue your passions and rejuvenate yourself. I have to remind myself that life should include time for play, too, even if you have to schedule it in. 🙂

My husband pointed out this cartoon to me yesterday. It’s a strip that we both read because of how true it rings to our lives: [Pajama Diaries by Terri Libenson](http://www.pajamadiaries.com/ "Pajama Diaries cartoon"). As a working mother, I just have to share it with you.

[![](http://elizabethyarnell.com/WP/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/cinderellacartoon-300x111.jpg "cinderellacartoon")

](http://elizabethyarnell.com/WP/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/cinderellacartoon.jpg)

The last thing I’ll share today is the exciting news that my new [cookbook](http://gloriouspotmeal.com "cookbook one pot meals") made the [Denver Post’s Local Best Seller’s List](http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_11465036) this weekend. (Scroll down to see the NonFiction Paperback listing — I’m #3!) Yay!