Finding My Focus

“in those moments where you are beat by 3:30 in the day but the day is hours away from over and you aren’t sure you’ll make it to dinner time…. in those moments where you might feel alone or anxious or overwhelmed with this big job of motherhood, where you sometimes don’t have any idea what you are doing yet you are trying your best...just know that you are doing a wonderful job. you are doing your best. and your best is good enough” 

-Naomi, of Love Taza

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Ever feel like you are stuck in a cycle of stress? It’s like just when you think you have put one fire out, something breaks or you realize you missed a deadline. Lately life’s challenges have been getting the best of me and I am finally ready to acknowledge these feelings of inadequacy. I am ready to hold them in my hands, measure the weight of these troubles and then gently lay them aside rather then continue to carry them around my neck like some damn albatross.

I think as mothers we sometimes hold ourselves to unfair standards and perhaps even let others dictate how we should be handling it all. But the truth of the matter is that raising a kid is tough work and trying to maintain our own identity in the process is even harder, especially when you are being pulled in a million different directions. However, I came to the realization the other day that it's also impossible to be happy when you aren't living in the present. I asked myself this: am I spending more time concerned about the looming what-if's of the future instead of embracing this moment I have with my family? I have thought a lot about this and reached the decision that I want to stop dwelling on inconsequential things and focus my energy on what matters most: my family and my dreams.