Humpty had all the King's horses and all the King's men....and he still couldn't get unscrambled in one day!!
I was fine when I woke up....until I remembered that I had two tons of laundry to do (got behind last week and still refuse to do laundry on the weekends), a house with no food in it, an a computer room that had been totally demolished yesterday and needed to be put back together again. Oh, and it's time to pay bills too.
Once I got the crying and screaming stopped so I could think (yeah, it was me) I realized this: It doesn't ALL HAVE TO BE DONE TODAY. In this house if my family has dinner, a pair of clean jeans and internet access they are happy. They don't care if they have to step over a couple of totes or if the laundry room looks like it exploded. And I schedule bill paying early so I have a few days leeway. Since I'm not having Oprah or Queen Elizabeth over for tea at noon - I don't really think this mess is going to hurt anyone, is it?
So, I'm creating my to-do list, breaking it down in small segments, and going to tackle it a little bit at a time. And I'm going to reward myself after each segment. A piece of dark chocolate here, and coffee break there....even some sunshine time! And what doesn't get done today can just wait until tomorrow!
Morale of the story - stop putting so much unnecessary pressure on yourself. Don't sweat the small stuff. Stop and smell the roses. Rome wasn't built in a day!
