You're listening to Life Kit from NPR.
Hey everybody, it's Marielle.
Lately, I've been loving the idea of becoming a Renaissance woman.
You know, a Jill of all trades.
The gal who can do it all.
Because I have a lot of interests.
I like to read fantasy and adventure novels, play around with fashion and colorful makeup.
I have many spiritual pursuits.
I just took a woodworking class, went roller skating and loved it.
I enjoy rock climbing and yoga and music.
I'm planning to learn the drums and I also have a ukulele sitting in my closet waiting for me to pick it up.
I'd love to get back into tap dancing.
Oh, they're sewing too.
Got a sewing machine for Christmas and I just turned it on this week.
Okay, I can see how my plate might be a little too full.
Truth is, we can only spread our attention so thin.
When you get to the end of your life,
the sum total of all the things you paid attention to will have been your life.
If there are some friendships there that you never actually paid any attention to,
well, you didn't really have those friendships, right?