Just breathe.

I keep reminding myself that the things that I am trying to accomplish will get done.

Just maybe not in quite the time frame I had originally planned.

It seems as if I have written quite a few posts about how to deal with stress.  I don’t care who you are or where you are in your life —stress is just a part of living.  How you and I approach it is what makes the difference between dealing with it and not dealing with it.

Today I found myself thinking about adding one more thing to my To Do list.  It was something that was not vital to my life or anyone else’s life and it made me stop and think if I really needed to do it.

I thought about it a lot because I did not want others to be disappointed.

But then I thought further about it and quite honestly the people that I was doing something for had no idea or expectation that I was going to do something special for them .  So if I had not done it it really would not have mattered.

But it is me.

I always want to go above and beyond.  To make sure everyone is “taken care of ” and feels loved and important.

I have spent more time out of the house the past couple weeks than I have been home during the day. Chris has picked up the slack at home and done some of my normal jobs and that has helped me a lot. He keeps reminding me that it is only a couple more weeks until we see Theo again. That is something worth looking forward to.

I need to remember what is important this time of year and it is not how many dozens of cookies I make, how many holiday events I attend or how well decorated the house is.

I need to breathe.

What about you?  Are you feeling weighed down by just one more thing to do? With the holidays there always seems to be just one more thing to accomplish. But I have decided that this year I will do what I can and take care of myself. I hope you do as well. Happy Friday the 13th – I hope it brings only the best of things.