Music Monday: 30 60 90

This week's Music Monday is "30 60 90" by Oleander.

This is my perfect "Thursday morning song."

Thursday morning is when, if I'm getting all of my workouts in and doing more at work and doing everything that I want to do with my family and...., I am about to crash. I had this post at the first of the year where I talked about needing balance and perspective. I talked to someone I usually lean on about this kind of stuff and came to the realization that I need to do things my way to feel balanced. I'm not sure they meant I need to run myself ragged but that is when I feel the most balanced. If that is the case then right now I am REALLY balanced.

This song is about drug addiction. For me this song is about my addiction to trying to be selfish and unselfish at the same time. It perfectly describes the way I tend to feel at times. I decided to use it when I was sitting on a workout bench Saturday morning as it was playing on my iPod and I was trying to push myself to do "one more set of this....then 3 sets of that." This was after telling someone that I probably didn't get 20 hours of sleep all week before sleeping about 11 hours Friday night. That may not very good but I felt like I got a lot done.

Is it ideal? No. Is it balance? For me it is.

Enjoy!

***For some reason this Youtube video lasts for more than 7 minutes but the song is only 4 minutes long

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