A Quiet Moment

While I have 3 events in the next 7 days, I also plan to: clean my apt (relaxing for me), hike, run, see the ocean, get a mani/pedi, have dinner with awesome friends, get a massage, sleep in, cuddle Carter, drink delish coffee, kiss H and run all over LA with my awesome colleagues. Work stress or not, I only get to live these days once.~Posted on Facebook, January 22 2014

I did indeed clean the entire apartment. I needed something productive to do with my energy. Since I worked on our MLK Monday holiday, and did a bunch of work last week, I'm caught up with the events. I just need to confirm everything one last time and pay the vendors.To add to the "hurry up and wait", we had another snow day at work. Since the college I work for is on the East Coast, snow days are basically a free day for me. While I check email and do work that needs attention, I know that everyone else is probably not working either.And so, I went with the flow of it all. Saw my therapist, took myself out for a latte and some INFJ business class work, visited spent way too much at Michael's, grocery-shopped, watched some hockey with H, cooked dinner, did some Project Life and now I'm here - writing to you.By the time this posts, I'll be off and running on 4 days of event-planner busyness, but right now, sitting here in the quiet, I know I did good.I've learned to live my life whether or not external events are stressful or calm. I've learned to do what needs doing, and then to take care of myself. Or maybe it's the opposite. To take care of myself, and then do what needs doing.It's so much easier this way.I wish we could all live like this, but I know jobs and families are demanding. Not everyone has the luxuries that I have. But I wonder if, inside your busy days, you can find a quiet moment to sip a latte, to stare at the birds in the yard, to snap of photo of yourself, to jot down a few thoughts, to lay in the blue light of morning.To create a quiet moment, to take care of yourself, and then do what needs doing. xo