Guardian Angel Roxanne sent me (through facebook) to a page with some nice advice. The best of the bunch for me just now:
Stop putting your own needs on the back burner.
Stop trying to be someone you're not.
Stop being scared to make a mistake.
Stop trying to compete against everyone else.
Stop wasting time explaining yourself to others.
Stop trying to make things perfect.*
Stop trying to be everything to everybody.^
Stop worrying so much.#
*A common mom problem, I suspect. Definitely a Me problem, having been raised by a woman who did seem to do every single thing perfectly.
^I know this is a mom deal --- trying to meet every child's needs. It also dovetails into the making things perfect issue. And I'm still trying to be everything to a person who isn't here any more.
# How easily typed, how near-impossibly done.
Stop putting your own needs on the back burner.
Stop trying to be someone you're not.
Stop being scared to make a mistake.
Stop trying to compete against everyone else.
Stop wasting time explaining yourself to others.
Stop trying to make things perfect.*
Stop trying to be everything to everybody.^
Stop worrying so much.#
*A common mom problem, I suspect. Definitely a Me problem, having been raised by a woman who did seem to do every single thing perfectly.
^I know this is a mom deal --- trying to meet every child's needs. It also dovetails into the making things perfect issue. And I'm still trying to be everything to a person who isn't here any more.
# How easily typed, how near-impossibly done.
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