However, regardless of how
frustrating this can be, these are the parameters that make up our
lives, and we owe it to ourselves to find a way to make it work. Rather
than buckling under the pressure of an impossible to-do list, we might
take a moment to view the larger perspective.
Like the president of a large organization, we must first realize that
we cannot do every job ourselves. The first step to sanity is learning
how to delegate some of the responsibility to other people, whether by
paying someone to clean our house or trading childcare duties with
another parent.
In addition, we might find places where we can shift our
expectations in ways that make our lives easier. For example, expecting
ourselves to create a healthy home-cooked meal every night after a full
day of work, errands, or caring for an infant or toddler may be a bit
excessive. We might allow ourselves to order in food once in a while
without any guilt. Accepting the adjustments needed to make our lives
work is an essential ingredient to being at peace with our situation. ...<<<Read The Full Article Here>>>...
