A Dose of Reality

Whew - craziness around here. Sick kids, being the parent in charge while husband is out of town, launching business ventures, creating publicity campaign for new book - definitely more than I can, or care to do, in a day. So what's a girl to do? Make some choices - and deal with the fall out.

Sometimes important things fall by the wayside to make room for more important things. While my business is important, heck it pays the bills and buys the food, my kids are more important. So it's very easy to say I'm setting everything aside and taking care of my daughter while she is in misery from a flu bug. It is harder to say I'm going to rest while she is resting instead of pushing myself, staying up late and trying to finish everything I had on my to do list before my husband left town and my kids got sick. Instead, I'm yanking things off my to do list for this week, and when it's over I'll have to re-evaluate my overall plans and take some things off. Bottom line - I can't take 3 days to care for my family and still do everything that I had on an already full plate. Instead, I am choosing to let some things go - permanently. If I make that choice then I can relax and go forward with my plans. If I don't make the choice then I'll feel like I'm behind and in a whirl for days or weeks while I finally let some things go. I really can't do it all so I would rather make a conscious choice of what to let go of - and feel good in the mean time - rather than continually being forced to make choices minute by minute for days on end.

Aaahhh - real freedom - the freedom of choice!