Trying Something Different

Today I challenged myself to try something different. I've done the push-my-kids-to-school approach echoing how I grew up. I went to school unless I was puking, had a high fever or was just skipping to be in the rarely-scene sunshine of upstate NY. Did this "east coast" work ethic. Did it get me over the morning sluggish lumping, sometimes.

We talk about feelings, we talk about spoons, burn out, recharge, mental health days. I've planted seeds for self awareness that I never had as a kid. Today was the day I honored that work. Today was take a mental health day.

I listened. It was SO HARD for me. But ya know what's harder? Forcing school in the face of social exhaustion.

Today I let go of an external expectation of performance.

I think doing "it" differently was OK today.