I hope this finds you well! I don’t know about you, but I’ve really been beating myself up over the last few weeks. I can never seem to “do” enough. I feel like I can’t teach my kids in the way they need to be taught. I feel like I can’t do enough work to justify my salary. I feel like I should be taking advantage of all of the “extra” time (hahaha) to do the things I’ve been telling myself I don’t have time to do. (Like make smoothies and healthy snacks and maybe I could even finally start exercising and lose some weight.)
The truth is, though, we need to breathe and, probably, sleep. Our kids need us to be happy (or at least ok) more than they really need anything else. They need to know that we’re ok so they can feel confident and be “ok” during this big change. Rather than beating ourselves up for things we could do better, we need to be proud of the things we are doing.
Whatever you’re managing to do right now, know that it is enough. I hope, above everything else, that you take care of yourself.
❣️ Jessica