The Parenting Juggle is Real!
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The juggle is SO real! As women and mothers, not only do we physically juggle so many things each day but we also constantly *mentally* juggle ๐๐๐ of the things that most people around us donโt actually see. โฃ
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Sometimes itโs that mental juggling that becomes harder to manage for me. I will complete most tasks on my โto doโ list in a day but my mind is still racing with the โ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ง๐ดโ and โ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข, ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ดโ. โฃ
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When it starts to feel like one of the metaphorical balls Iโm keeping in the air is about to drop, I do my best to set them down - into one of three buckets to be exact. I get a piece of paper and do a mental dump of all of the things on my mind. Then, I categorize each item into one of the following three groups: โฃ
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1. Not in my control โฃ
2. Iโve done all that I can โฃ
3. I will deal with this, at another time โฃ
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Typically, just having everything out of my mind and on a piece of paper creates a huge shift of energy that allows me to be more intentional and productive with my time. On days when thatโs not enough, I like to whittle down that last category and make a specific timeline of what I mean by โanother timeโ.โฃ
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Sometimes, we can feel like we need to get all of the things done RIGHT NOW and since thatโs not possible, we end up doing a several things half way - and that ends up creating more stress! Instead, breaking that list of tasks down and assigning them specific days on the calendar allows me to put things on a mental shelf and truly focus my efforts on one thing at a time. โฃ
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๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ถ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ?โฃ
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