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Overwhelmed with opportunity?

How common is it that we look at our situation by its limitations?
Really, we are faced with so many opportunities in life that we rarely see as opportunity.  I try to remind myself daily that I am in control of my actions in our world around me and I can choose the path that I take.
I have recently taken responsibility at a second, part time job.  I have fears of failure, so I do the only thing I know how to stay afloat; work - A LOT.
This will take a toll on me in time, yet I cannot be happy with minimal activity in my life.  Any suggestions for me?  If you pay attention to the time this post is published, you will know that its past my bedtime and I should be in bed asleep. <wink>  I really know what's good for me, yet I rarely follow my own good advice.

Seriously, I am open to suggestions about self-acceptance.   I realize it in myself and can see it lacking in others around me.  Lack of acceptance can look like denial of pleasure, lack of self-care, self-discrimination and put-downs, shall I continue?  

Is the answer more exploration, or more simplicity?  With all the different information and opinions in front of me it's hard to tell.  I keep coming back to the idea that I am individual and there's a right way for me, but that is going to be different than someone down the street.

I just have to remember Alice, and how she knows she has good advice, but when I hear that voice in my head I will follow it!

Thankfulness

Ah, it's good to be back.

I've spent the last 10 months or so turning inward and focusing on what I really want out of life and what I already have in my life.  Such a powerful feeling to know where you stand on a daily basis.
I finished a 200 hour yoga certification program at my local studio and I can say that while it was so much fun getting to know all my classmates and yoga all-day every-day, it was pretty tough.  I've simultaneously worked and gone to school pretty much through my whole adult schooling and this was trying!  I am definitely grateful of being more aware of my patterns and what I need to focus on to keep myself healthy.
Those things are:

• Adequate rest/sleep/quiet time
• Whole foods
• Exercise (but not as much as I previously thought)
• Friends and Family
• My garden

One of our assignments during my yoga training was to write down one thing each night that I am thankful for.  Who knows why, but this creates a MAJOR shift in the way our minds work.  Just try feeling sorry for yourself or depressed when you have to choose only one thing you are grateful for in your life.  Sometimes when I'm journaling this at night I feel like a broken record.  How many times can I say that I am thankful for my friends?!  It's true and worth repeating.  I've gotten around this my isolating the reason I'm thankful for my friends.  For example I'll say something like, "I am thankful for the ability to take time to have lunch and talk about when we were in middle school."

Check it out and see what you are thankful for.  You might surprise yourself!

Peace~