I felt overwhelmed. Why? About what? It does not matter. What matters is that I felt it. I had a choice: I could wallow in it or I could do something to change it. (By “it” I’m not referring to the situation. I’m referring to my response to the situation.) I chose the latter. I ran myself some bath water. I lit candles. I turned on music. It was my favorite playlist of contemporary Christian songs. I turned off all the major lights in the house. I got in the bathtub and I took a deep Continue Reading
Making Time
There I was... looking all over the place but I could not find it! Find what? Time. I’ve tried to find the time to do all that life seems to demand of me but I can’t seem to find it. And when I think I’ve found it, it slips away and gets lost yet again somewhere under the laundry, the bedtime stories, the dishes, my “9 to 5”, pillow talk, social media, date night, movie night, and “I don’t feel like doing anything” night. So what’s a girl to do? How do we find the time to get it Continue Reading
Distractions
It is amazing how heavy my limbs feel as the household duties start to pile up. Or how I all of a sudden want to randomly chat with a friend the closer I get to the deadline for an assignment. And my “really quick sneak peeks” at the latest social media feeds usually turn into 30 to 45 minutes of me scrolling mindlessly when I could have used that time to do something a wee bit more productive. Or how about the difficult interaction with a colleague I keep reliving when I could be in bed Continue Reading