Normally the posts you read here have been written weeks in advance. I currently have over 70 scheduled and 50+ in the works at the moment. I really wasn’t feeling what I had scheduled for today, so last night I brought something else forward. This morning I woke up and that wasn’t what I was supposed to share with you today either, so I find myself sneaking a few minutes before I get my kids off to school to write a post off the cuff.
Yesterday over on my Facebook page I shared a meme that I want to talk a bit about. First, it’s written by the amazing Jodie Utter. You can find her blog here. She is one of my blogging heroes, I highly recommend following her and reading her words. You won’t regret it. But here is the meme of hers I shared yesterday-
I’ve had a lot of those “can’t even” days this year. Several were just last week, to the point that I could barely even move. One of the things I’m working on and learning to accept is that all I can do is take care of myself. Other forces, be it, my children, life in general, or my body itself sometimes take over my “can even though days” and it’s all right. I don’t have to feel guilty because I “can’t even”. All we are asked to do is our best and sometimes our best is just making sure the bare essentials are done and taking care of ourselves.
Yesterday I had a “can even though” day and it was wonderful. I washed all the laundry (and folded it!), sent out several articles for publication and rewrote one, cleaned my kitchen, and began taming my backyard for the year by finally mowing the lawn. I know many people are still dealing with snowstorms. Here in Washington state, we are well into the mow your lawn time of year and my backyard was a jungle because I had had too many of the “can’t even” days and so had my husband. It felt glorious to get so much accomplished! When a rejection letter for an article that I sent out came in this morning, I didn’t even care because I was still on that high of accomplishing so much yesterday.
We have to take each day as it comes and not worry about the rest. Today, I have things on my to-do list but I probably am not going to be able to be as physically productive today. I’m working on turning off the guilt and turning on the “Thankful that I can do what I can”.
Give yourself some grace today. You deserve it!
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I seem to be more in the can’t even days the last almost 2 weeks. After pushing myself too hard for months, I felt a little burnt out and exhausted. Since last Thursday, I’ve really took the time to slow down and not accomplish very much. It’s been refreshing. Although I’m ready to get back to it. Loved your encouragement of Grace in this post! Also, you have 70+ posts in the que – what?! I fight to keep 4. Great job! #blogginggoals. 🙂 Thanks for linking up with us at #livelifewell
About half of the posts are meme’s I’ve created that are in the que. Writing is my therapy. I’m glad you liked this post.
Oh yes to finding a bit of balance and accepting our limitations! And perhaps having a sneeky glass of wine to celebrate either a great day, or a not so great one! Thanks for linking up to #fortheloveofBLOG x
Thanks for reading!
Man, I have had a few “can’t even” days this week. I sure would feel a lot better if I had that many posts in the queue though! Wow, great job. I love the meme and love that you took time out to share this with us. It was definitely needed this week! I am so thankful that I can look at things like this now and actually put them into practice. I can’t do everything all the days, and some days I am just surviving. Those days are like that for a reason, and maybe God is telling me I need to rest.
Thanks so much for linking up @LiveLifeWell!
Blessings,
Amy
I think for me the biggest thing is realizing the balance life has to take or I’m going to never make it. I’m glad you found it helpful.
Yes, Calleen! Yes!!! Our can’t even days don’t last. And sometimes, those days come ’round for a reason, they have something they want to teach us. Our can even though days, they always come back to us eventually, and not so much to remind us who we really are, since we are both can’t even and can even though all pretzeled into the same person, but to remind us that our can’t even not last. But neither does our can even though. One is to be endured and the other appreciated and that is just the way of it. Nobody escapes this juxtaposition in life, and so we’re all in it together and nothing comforts me more than knowing I’m not the only one who can’t even some days. Thank you for sharing your story and for your kind words as well. You can probably guess what I’m going to say next, I’d pick you for my playground team. You are fierce and you are real. You are exactly the kind of woman I want on my team.
Well, I’d definitely pick you too. I noticed yesterday you’re just down in Bend OR, not too far away…