Sometimes I just have to sit back and take a breath. I find that that is one thing that is not always easy for me. I seem to be learning that lesson over and over again lately. It is important to step back and just take a breath and re evaluate at times.
I just finished up helping with the AAUW Used Book Sale on Wednesday. This year I didn’t do nearly as much as I have done in previous years and it was so much better. I decided to trust the others I had recruited to do the jobs I had recruited them for. And it worked! Image that!
Wednesday was the last day of the sale and after the non profits come and we have others come in to take any leftover books before we tear down and get the gymnasium back in good shape. I had worked all day and at about 4:00 pm I hit the wall. I just had reached my limit and told my co workers that I had to call it quits and leave. There were others who were coming in specifically to do the final clean up and there were plenty of volunteers to do it. It was a good decision and one that I am very glad I stuck to even though it was. a difficult thing for me to leave early. Last year after the sale I had a really bad muscular skeletal thing happen that scared both Chris and myself and I did not want a repeat of that this year. It was kind of one of those tough lessons to learn that I do have limits and am not in the shape I was even a couple of years ago. I have to listen to my body a little bit more.
I have also learned some tough lessons about relationships and how to handle those recently. Sometimes I find that I do have to draw limits or I will get drawn into the drama of someone else and I am telling you this — I don’t do drama anymore. I like my simple life and would prefer to leave the drama to others. Tough lesson at times but essential for my own mental health.
I am learning, albeit slowly, that I don’t have to do every single thing that someone asks me to do. I can say no to things and I am. It’s somewhat freeing to realize that I can pick and choose and not expect myself to do every single thing that I am asked to do. I don’t know why it has taken me so long to realize this but I guess I am a slow learner.
What tough lesson have you learned recently? I would love to read about it so leave me a comment and let me know what lesson you have learned and how it has changed you. Thanks for popping in to read today.
