To volunteer or not to volunteer..

that is indeed the question.  I'm busy, really, really busy with my volunteering.

My dear husband doesn't seem to mind too much, it's only when I hear him grumbling "You should get paid for doing that", that I realize that I could easily hold down a job with the amount of time I spend volunteering.

At what point does it all become too much?  I seem to have the kids schedules under control, but mine - not so much.

As a stay at home Mom, I don't have the excuse of - "I can't, I have a job" and so it seems to follow that because I don't work for money I must have loads of free time.

I wish I did.

I wish it so much, that I'm going to scale back my involvement next year.  A lot.

My tenure as Financial Secretary for the elementary PTA is up in June and I'm not going to hold a Board position next year.

My tenure as Princess of Adventure Maidens is also up in June and although I will hold a Board position next year, it will be one with less time commitment.

My tenure as Committee Chair of the Cub Scout Pack, well that is up in the air.  If I can get a fellow parent to hold the Cubmaster position I will stay June 2015, if I can't I will be out as of June 2013.

My 6 hours of volunteer work in the classroom will be ending in May, and I am going to cut this in half for next year.

As I look at the list above I'm noticing that perhaps I'm not cutting as deeply as I should.

I need to stop picking up the slack of other parents who want their children to have great experiences but aren't willing to contribute.

I'm going to start saying "NO"

I think.