You know that feeling you get when you have so much to do that you somehowend up doing nothing? That’s where I’m at.
My brain currently has about 30 tabs open. Six are still loading, I don’t know where the music is coming from, and at least three are reminding me about something important I was supposed to do days ago.
Ill walk into the kitchen to do one thing, notice the dishes, remember the laundry needs switched over, pick up my phone to check the time just to realize I have texts I forgot to respond to, and ten minutes later I’m standing in the laundry room holding a dirty cup and trying to remember what it was I was about to do.
At this point, the chaos thrown in the midst of my to-do list doesn’t even surprise me anymore. The funny thing is, sometimes being overwhelmed doesn’t look like running around getting a million things done. Sometimes it looks like standing completely still because your brain can’t decide which of the million things need done first.
It’s not always the big things, either. It’s remembering appointments, getting the kids to school on time, answering messages, figuring out what’s for dinner, keeping up with work, paying bills, returning phone calls, and remembering that one thing you swore you wouldn’t forget.
I think sometimes we forget that our brains get tired as well. Too often, we expect ourselves to remember everything, handle things perfectly and somehow stay cheerful while doing it.
So lately, I’m trying to remember that not everything has to be done at once.
Some things can wait until tomorrow. The laundry will still be there. The dishes aren’t going anywhere. Chances are, whatever I forgot will eventually come back to me—probably at 2am.
Until then, I’m going to take it one thing and one step at a time. I’m going to give myself the grace I deserve when I’m feeling overwhelmed and choose selfcompassion over harsh judgement while allowing myself the space to rest and breathe. Oh, and I probably need to take that cup back to the sink!
Until next time, keep laughing, keep learning and keep it real.