At the beginning of the semester, I felt like I was getting pulled in 5 different directions and couldn’t do everything that was being asked of me. It seemed like I was failing in so many areas of my life and kept falling behind. This was incredibly frustrating to me for many reasons, but especially because I was not moving forward. I don’t like being idle, but more than that I hate moving backwards.
When we start to move backwards, it seems like its a slippery slope and I fall backwards faster than I realize. A few weeks ago I had the realization that I was falling behind and knew I had to make a change. I put myself first and started taking care of myself. If my cup isn’t full, I can’t help others and fill their cup. Taking care of yourself isn’t selfish, it’s so so necessary. I also re-aligned my priorities and let less important things go. The bottom line is that we can’t do it all. We’d wear ourselves so thin if we tried to do it all.
I reminded myself what was important and what I needed to focus my time on: myself and my health, school, and work. It isn’t great all the time and sometimes I still seem to be failing at the responsibilities I have, but knowing that I’m not trying to do it all makes it easier and less stressful for myself. I can more easily continue moving forward when I have less weight on my shoulders. As long as I’m trying my best and doing what I can, that’s all I can do.
Moving forward an inch or a mile is moving forward. I am working on those small progresses and constantly going in the right direction and not letting myself fall behind. But at the same time, if I do slip backwards, turning right back around and moving forward right away to get back in the right direction. Here’s to learning more about moving forward in my life
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