This might sound silly, but I just realized that I can’t do it all.
Seriously. It happened the other day.
I was feeling weighed down. I wanted to learn to make my own shampoo and was debating whether to buy expensive, organic cat food or make my own or settle with lower quality food and was contemplating making my own cat food and felt guilty that I haven’t learned to sew yet and was overwhelmed by all of the DIY projects that I want to undertake, all of the blog posts that I have bookmarked, the photography skills that I haven’t developed yet, the recipes that I haven’t learned to cook…
And I finally realized… I don’t have to do any of those things.
I don’t have to feel guilty if I don’t recycle one can or buy non-organic fruit or any of the other things that run through my head.
I can’t do everything.
Along with that, I realized that my time is finite. I can only do so much in one day.
And I’m done worrying about it. Instead, I’m going to give my energy to the things that I want to do, the things that are meaningful in my life.
I agree! I have felt exactly the same way you described here in your blog. There's so many things I want/need to do and was consumed by guilt which is so draining, even counterproductive. Thankfully -- as have you -- I finally realized that I can't do it all. So I prioritize. RE: organic food, Trader Joes's has a very good organic cat food. My cats love it. Thanks for your blogs! Shirley
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip Shirley.
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