What does it take for you to consider your day a success?
Have you ever really thought about that? I came across a cute little picture on
Face Book not too long ago, that made me chuckle just a bit...
Perhaps this was so funny to me because
I know for a fact that there have been days that I put away ‘clean’ laundry,
that smelled worse than it did the day it was put into the hamper.
When I get the end of the day, I often reflect back on the
events, and try to judge if it was a success or not. Did we get all of our
school work done? Did I make gourmet edible meals? Did I answer all my
emails? What about the house; would I be embarrassed if I had a drop in
visitor?...oh wait…here’s a big one…did I speak kind words to my family? If I’m
being honest with myself…and you...the first ones are way easier than the last
one. And you know what? Out of everything listed, the last one is the only one
that matters!
I think it is pretty near impossible to have/do it all.
Every time you say yes to something, you have to say no to something else.
There are only so many hours in a day, and if we fill every last one of them,
something will have to be put on the back-burner. Now, I’m OK with the laundry
being the thing that has to give. We have way too many clothes anywho…so what
if we have to wear one of our least favorite outfits with a missing button. But
I’m trying to be more careful to not put my family on the back-burner.
A couple of weeks ago, during all the snow, my girls and I
took the day off from everything and spent the day outside. We needed to. We
have been hitting the books hard, and we were really needing a change of pace
for the day. We snowboarded, rode our
sleds, made snowmen, had snowball fights, and built forts. I know we ate that
day, but I’m not sure what. Some prepackaged granola bars made with high
fructose corn syrup, and some water to drink probably. The breakfast dishes didn’t get washed,
and I’m pretty sure nothing got transferred over from the washer to the dryer.
No one scooped the litter box, or even made their beds. It was the best day
ever! My face hurt from laughing so much. My body hurt too! Who knew you had so
many muscles that could ache all at the same time!? :-o
Be careful how you judge your day. When everything that
didn’t get done for the day makes you feel like you failed it…you might have
just nailed it!
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