Freedom from the Frenzy

Life is so cyclical sometimes. Just when I'm doing great, something happens to pull me back down. So many things have been happening, not all bad by any stretch, but I'm feeling like life is getting SO hectic and out of control!

[More:]

Let's see...the short version: ex-A is engaged (don't know why it bothers me but it still hurts even after all these years), work has been beyond swamped, my son has been feeling poorly for several months and we've been overwhelmed with doctor visits and bloodwork. I've been fighting with him to do his schoolwork we've been picking up for him (since he's not been to school in weeks) and spending lots of time begging teachers to send it home. Add housework, maintaining a website, a separate blog, trying to find time to do my crafts I sell ()for a little extra spending money, and well....I'm exhausted.

It dawned on me yesterday as I went to post a status on one of my social networking pages, it was time to slow down. Time to let some of this stuff slide a day. I can't do it all at once. I can't do everything. I can't drive myself crazy. I have to go back to living one day at a time. I make lists upon lists of stuff I need to do. Rather than looking at the entire thing, aside from daily chores and tasks, I'm trying to get just 1, yes one and only one, additional item completed each day. Daily tasks can be annoying enough but add more and more to that and I'm finding nothing getting done.

I found myself praying last night. Asking my HP to help me out here. And while I still feel overwhelmed today, at least I have a plan. I know where I need to be. One day at a time. Today's task - stopping by here to write a little (ok, ok, I write a lot - I'm full of words I know) but I'd been meaning to get to it for awhile now, and I finally did. One day at a time.....