Everything Is Here To Teach Us Something

So on Tuesday this past week I had a really rough day. 

I also did a few things totally out of character. And because I believe everything happens the way that it’s supposed to, I trust that my day was meant to unfold in this way in order for me to learn from it. 

It started with an earlier waking then usual. My youngest Quinn has been getting up around 4:45am. My girls usually get up at 5/5:30. 

So being especially tired, I decided to lye down on the sofa around 7am. I skipped making my morning green juice, which also contributed to me feeling extra tired and I also let my girls watch a movie - which honestly I won’t do again. It changed the energy and made it feel like a Saturday morning. Even though Monday’s and Tuesdays are my days off, so it’s my weekend, I still need to be organized and on the ball in order to get Reese off to junior kindergarten. 

I pride myself in not being late and in getting out of the house peacefully. 

Just a great side note, I have a friend whose kids are at the Waldorf school where they believe you’re never late. I love that. When you arrive you just begin. How lovely.  But with the public school system, they have an expectation that everyone is there for 9am and I like to honour and respect that. 

So on this morning, I had such a hard time getting off the sofa at 7:30 that it created some stress leaving the house. Which is the opposite of how I like to do things. 

And that wasn’t all. I went on to make other mistakes. 

Once Quinn and I got to the gym parking lot, I thought she was fast asleep. She was wearing sunglasses and was really quiet and sat so still for a few minutes while I was parked. So I decided to go for a drive in the forest while she slept. The forest is my zen place and I love driving and listening to music. And signing. Lol.  But once I started to drive away she asked where we were going. And we could’ve turned around but I kinda felt like a drive in the forest, so we didn’t and by the time we enjoyed the forest drive I was so tired that we went straight home. So I could sleep while Quinn watched a show on TV.

Somehow I managed to pull myself together again to make lunch and then thoroughly enjoyed napping with Quinn for almost 2 hours which was amazing and exactly what I needed but felt even more tired waking up. 

To wrap this story up, I feel grateful that Deryk gets home early enough to get Reese from school by 3:15pm.  And so I stayed home to shower.  And I know I’ve said to myself before, as long as I shower by 10am I’ll feel okay. But sometimes we forget or sometimes we don’t care. We give in to what we want in that moment.  And that was one of those days. 

And again, I trust that at that moment it’s exactly what I needed. 

I just know it was a huge reminder to myself of a few things...

Make the daily green juice!!  And get that powerfully healthy beverage in my body first thing. It gives me energy. 

Resist the need to rest or sleep on the sofa in the morning. COMMIT TO WAKING UP.

Make the gym a priority because the “me time”  is so good and the exercise keeps my body young and going. 

And really, it’s a remember to do what makes you feel your best. 

It’s not necessarily about going to the gym, but connect with whatever recharges you. And do more of that. 

And in times like this it’s important to remember to be kind to ourselves. We can be hard on ourselves. But days like this or situations that might not seem ideal or awesome come up for us to learn from.

And I’m glad I was listening. 

Is it time you started listening?  How do you turn your days around?  What lessons are you currently learning?  I'd love to hear from you!

Sandy xo