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Woah Time, Slow Down A Little
Contemplating the passage of time, perhaps?
Remember how I said a couple of weeks ago that I felt like we were starting to find our new “normal”?
I lied.
I don’t know what it is but it feels like I’m just treading water these days. The hours are flying by. Days are running together and are here and gone before I know it.
How has it been eight weeks already?
Shouldn’t I have it more together at this point?
What does that even mean?
My to-do list is not getting done. There are things on that list that have been there for weeks. My inbox needs attention. There are things that I need to take care of before I return to work next month.
I have good intentions of taking care of all of it.
Really I do.
Instead I sleep just a little longer in the morning to make up for the lack of it throughout the night. I snuggle with the baby for a few extra minutes and tell myself I’ll get the other stuff done later.
Next thing I know later has come and gone.
And suddenly it’s tomorrow.
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Koreen commented on Oct 30 11 at 9:59 pmI gave up on ‘together’ after the first 2 weeks. It was just to have a fed and clean baby at the end of the day and then we’d see where tomorrow would take us.
maggie commented on Oct 31 11 at 1:08 pmthank you for posting this. i just had my first “i don’t know how i’m gonna make it through this” night and this morning feel like a failure. i think you are right about taking it day by day and shifting your expectations from what you think you should be doing vs. what can actually be done.
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