That is a philosophy often attributed to somebody walking in sobriety.....but it really is a great way for all of us to live......just dealing with the day that is right in front of us.....not looking ahead too far...... to fret about what is ahead.....I mention this because the week I have ahead is pretty busy and has lots of moving parts, and should be a juggling act.....and the idea of the juggling makes me tired already lol:) There has not been one week since the school year began that my plans for the week, and who is going to pick up who, and drop off who etc has happened as planned.....not one......due to sickness......change of plans.....cancellations......etc.....etc.....etc.....and it gets tiresome......I suppose it would be more so if I were not a problem solver by nature.....plan B is the plan that live in mostly.....and I have a willingness to release plan A without much fanfare or hesitation.....and this year I have found that plan C and D exist too lol:) needing contingency plans for my contingency plan......so the only thing that helps me put the brakes on feeling overwhelmed.....in advance......is to remind myself that today is the only day I need to manage.....and for today I got it covered......Gabe is staying home another day with my mom and Mads is going to school.....and I am going to work......so it is covered.....I also get to workout today for the first time since my biopsy Friday and I am super excited about that and in need of that too! And I have noticed this school year is going so quickly.....just speeding by......Monday happens and before I know it, it is Friday! Definitely the fastest school year in a good many years.....and I don't spend my life looking from summer to summer....as life happens in between, and nobody is eager to wish their life away....... and this year I have enjoyed work and teaching much more than I have during the Covid era ;-) definitely the least painful of them all......so yeah I am just riding the wave each week.......strengthening my problem solving skills.....sharpening my willingness to let go, and to surrender to what is on any given day.....and just doing my thing......I have some things I want to tweak for next year, and I need a two hour delay plan now too.....as DV is forever calling them and my district is not......it leaves me in the lurch often.......but overall I have a good situation going.....but that is the trap to get too far ahead.....I just did it there.....I need to just remain focused on the day ahead.....and the plans I have made for that......and the day at a time thing happened for me when I was in the throes of all the pain after he left, and the idea of what lay ahead made me shudder and feel as if I were drowning....and coming back to the day settled me......calmed me........brought me back to peace.....we can all do the things in the day......and then the next.......and then the next......funny how that works;-)
jperuso
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