Life is busy.
I know I’ve said it before, and I’ll probably say it again. If it’s not the laundry to be done and the dishwasher to be unloaded, it’s the emails to be answered and the shoot to be edited. Sometimes I feel as though I can never win, that I’m always one step behind in my continuous list of things to be done. Which, by the way, said list lays around the house in the form of post-it notes containing chicken scratch and boxes with check marks. Because that’s how I roll. And I know I’m not alone in this. (Ok, maybe I’m alone in the whole post-it note chicken scratch thing.) But I know I’m not alone in the feeling of being buried under chores and work and responsibilities.
This morning, I woke up with full intentions of getting one shoot edited and starting another, getting the laundry done, going to the DMV (because yes, I still haven’t gotten my new license), and myriad of other things. Then Jake suggested we should go on a hike and get Chipotle. For the first five seconds all I thought was Nooo way, I have SO much to do today! I’ll never get it done if we hike. And then it hit me. What am I thinking?? Jake is the most important thing in my life, and here I am stressing about the laundry and editing. Of COURSE I’ll go on a hike. (Chipotle never killed anyone either… Ha.) So we went. And I’m soooo glad we did. We had an awesome hike and I had a killer burrito.
And when we got back, I was still able to finish editing and get most of the laundry done. I even found a few minutes to make this semi-quick blog post :) I guess my point is this. Yes, there will always be things to do. When one thing gets finished, another will soon take it’s place. But don’t forget the things that really matter in life. Don’t let the list become so overwhelming that it consumes you. There is always tomorrow. In the words of my wonderful husband…
Take it one thing at a time. Just breathe.
