I have a wonderful collection of generous, brilliant friends. Recently, one of them shared an observation about 3 year olds and time-outs, here.
How fast is Warp 9? What speed comes after that? Whatever speed that is, for about the last 6 months, things in my world have been rocketing along at *that* speed. I've been struggling ... surfing the wave between excitement about change and projects moving forward and the associated overwhelm of managing a boatload of moving parts. Mario Andretti is credited with saying, "if everything's under control, you're not going fast enough." I am SO going fast enough.
I acknowledge and own that I'm naturally hard-wired to be a "super-achiever." At the same time, I'm a firm believer that all you can do is all you can do, and that is all. you. can. do. Some days "all" means more than others. I'm pretty sure I've hit the red-line limit of more.
I think I need one of Laura's time outs.
Breathe. Breathe. Breathe. And let the inner, calm adult take the lead.
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