It’s only been two weeks into the new year, and already, I feel like the load is too heavy to bear.

So I cracked.

I wept and wept.

How am I going to get everything required of me in the next six months done? How am I going to show up for myself and for others? How am I supposed to meet all my commitments without things falling through the cracks?

One day at a time. One week at a time. One month at a time.

Listen, I didn’t come to this conclusion myself; my young sage son looked at me and said, “Mom, you are getting ahead of yourself, just do what is required today”. And though it may sound simple and doable, I looked at blocks of time and lost myself.

So, to you, the reader, I share this…

If you are walking into the new year with heaviness, despair, overwork, overload, and feeling bogged down by what needs to get done…Stop. Breathe. Reset and take it…

One Day at a Time!

Tomorrow is not promised, that I know for sure. Heck, the next five minutes of your day are not promised. Life can shift in a matter of a second, and that “thing” that you thought must get done, you can’t live without, and God forbid you don’t show up, buy or do it philosophy, can all be for naught.

What needs to get done will get done in due time.

I will learn to be patient with myself.

I will learn to set clear boundaries.

I will learn to say the truth when only the truth will do.

I will learn that no is a complete sentence.

I will learn to create space for joy, laughter, and dancing.

I will learn to sing throughout my day.

I will learn to sit quietly in my day.

I will learn to be okay with what didn’t get done.

Time is for now.