As summer turns into fall, it’s the season for Changing Focus. Back to school for some, a lifestyle change for others. Hoping September brings less chaos! Turning. Constant turning as my head tumbles through the list of things that need to happen. Prioritizing what needs to be done today and tucking the rest away for tomorrow. Bleeding energy as I walk through the day easily forgetting how I arrived at this point. Reminding myself that when September arrives, when the kids are in school – both of them in full time school, finally – that I will have more time, more focus, more drive. But now I wonder if there is truth to this assumption… this hope…? Deadlines loom, all of them important to someone else, which makes them important to me, married to them by the phrase “I’ll do that.” Resolving that the few items with short shelf lives will not be replaced with more. Resolving that if I can get through August, when September arrives I will take some time to focus on me. I will eat fewer potato chips and drink more water. I will walk and breathe fresh air. I will be a patient mother who […]

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