Just Breathe

Take a deep breath in. Hold it. Now slowly let it out. One, two, three. I say this to myself at least a half dozen times a day. Running a business is time consuming. Raising kids is a battle. Being married (happily married) takes conscious effort. Whether you are a man or woman there is so much pressure to do it all. I have a million mental tabs open daily, did the kids drink enough water, did I pack enough protein in their lunch? Was his reading log signed? Did I reply to her teachers’ email? Oh no, he has a fever… AGAIN! I can’t call-in, Can I get someone to bring him to the Doctors. Did I drink enough water? Did I take the meat out of the freezer this morning so it could thaw in time for dinner? Is the house clean, is the laundry done… this is in addition to a 40+ work week. LIFE. IS. HARD, but WE CAN DO HARD THINGS! You have a choice, you can fall into the same routine, do the same thing day-in and day-out and remain unchanged or you can grow and evolve, you can become. I am more me than I have ever been. Train your mind to see the good in everything. To go through this life that society has deemed necessary, the idea of, “you must do it all, to be able to have it all.” You have to take on slow living in this fast paced world. The average person works for 8 hours, sleeps for 8 hour and wastes 2 hours and 24 minutes on social media per day. 18 hours and 24 minutes out of 24 hours a day are already spent, that doesn’t include morning/afternoon commute, showering, household chores and tasks. E v e r y m o m e n t c o u n t s. Take a deep breath, notice the sounds as you take a walk outside, admire the beauty of the sunrise when the Mourning Doves are coo-ing to one another outside your window. Bring a plant inside and take care of it. Make homemade bread and notice how good you feel after kneading it, or how good your house smells when the yeast is warm in the oven. Turn off Youtube and read a book to your child, even though they can read it themselves. Listen to your daughter vent about what happened at school. Get off Facebook and Amazon. take the picture and PRINT it. Get out of the habit of digitizing everything. Be present. We are not a mess, we just live in a messy world.