Quarter 2: Week 2

To-Dos: 15 Done:9 Partially completed: 1 Untouched: 5

Quarter two has been feeling like climbing that mountain without climbing gear. Our family has been busy and that’s not seeming to change soon.

Sometimes the mental work load of getting through the day/week/month is overwhelming. What I mean about the mental work load is basically the mental gymnastics we do to make it all work. Stereotypically this is something women deal with more often. Ie: has our brains being our calendars, meal planners, chore lists, care takers, the list goes on.

Maybe the weeks leading to this week have been part of the challenge because we needed to figure out what we were going to do for child care during this spring break as we both still needed to work. Then this week has been spring break, so schedules have gone out the window. (Challenging for not just 3 year olds it would seem. Actually the 3 year old probably has been the happiest).

So my learning curve for all this is:

1. When schedules are being changed, give myself less goals if possible. Even if I get them done, they add additional stress to my mental work load that is already heavy.

2. Talk to someone about it! This is one of those things that bottles up and then you find yourself freaking out rather than saying, hey I’m feeling overwhelmed – throw me a rope here in a nice non confrontational way.

3. Be kind to myself. I’m still making all sorts of important things happen for my family and myself. And beating myself up over not checking off my entire checklist is never helpful. So breathe. (And maybe find an Easter egg or two).