I am exhausted! This past week was a full one; I celebrated my 47th birthday, got my boys ready to head back to school (one starting a brand new school!), and tried to keep up with an endless to-do list. Somewhere between the birthday candles and backpacks, I found myself thinking about balance.
Balance! It’s not always easy for anyone, and as single parent of two, it feels a little trickier. Like many of us, I tend to put myself last on my list. That’s exactly what I did this past week. I pushed myself to get all in order, get them ready for school, and get myself ready for the new season. I completely dropped me from my to-do list.
I skipped my gym routine, didn’t connect socially, and barely paused to rest. My days were full speed ahead and guess what happened on the weekend: I crashed! I could barely move; the exhaustion was real. I spent most of my weekend in bed sleeping. Back in the day, I would have gotten so upset by this. My old thinking would have said: “a weekend wasted” but this time, I looked at it differently and said to myself: “this is what my body needed”.
That small shift in my thinking reminded me that balance isn’t about perfection. Balance is about paying attention to what truly matters in the moment, and giving ourselves grace for the rest. It’s about doing what “needs” to be done and remembering to do what feeds our soul.
