I totally want to quit today. I am kinda over everything feeling like failure, disappointment & constant let down. It was just the other day that everything was appeared to be going smoothly. And then… BAM! Just like that it all went to s*^*. And I have fallen into a heap.
Bless their souls, my little munchkins have been doing nothing but hitting, pinching, bashing, screaming,… and everything else in between. If there is five minutes of peace, I am winning. It usually invokes “Mum, A hit me. Mum, E pulled hair. A, give that back… MUUUMMMMAAAA!”.
There seems to be a wave of constant slamming, bitching & just bad mouthing going around. My business I am trying to get off the ground has been side-swiped with some internal challenges & questions that are hanging over our head. And now I think my kids are getting sick on the week I actually have a tone of work to do with back-to-back meetings {I have currently up’d the manuka honey & vitamin intake}.
I kinda want to just quit. But then that’s when my resilience muscle kicks in, I take a breathe, down a glass of wine over dinner, organise catch up with girl friends for later in the week & then bounce back into work, firing off emails, tweaking business plans and strategising for the weeks ahead.
This parenting gig has taught me a lot, including the importance of resilience, not sweating the small stuff, letting go of things I can’t control, & focusing on the direction I wish to head towards.
Today, I wanted to quit. Today I didn’t really see the good in people & the world around me.
But then I am reminded of this quote: “Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?” by L.M. Montgomery.
Tomorrow is a new day.
But before I go, tell me how you kick in your resilience muscles…?
Linking up with Essentially Jess
{photo by Antoine Beauvillain found on Unsplash}
