How many bad mornings have you experienced since you became a mom? (Er, too many to count, right?)
Well, today let’s focus on this inspirational client example from one of my women, who found herself getting in a morning spiral and did something to stop it.
Let’s find out what.
So this mom got up, found her morning completely not going as planned, and was getting down in the dumps about it.
But here’s the key – because she was most of the way through our coaching together, she realized that her emotions were getting in the way of her actions.
And she decided to do something different.
So since she couldn’t work on her main project stuff (which was the entire point of getting up that early in the morning), she looked for something else useful to do for her day.
Aha! Prepping the crockpot! That definitely needs to get done.
Oh, and I haven’t done my devotions yet! So she propped up her book on the kitchen counter and savored a few words at a time while dumping ingredients in the crock pot.
Then, she checked her to-do list for what else would be useful and give her a boost for the day. She had several phone calls to doctors and such to get through (you know how we all put those off!), so she chose to tackle them next.
Whew! That’s a weight off!
And by that time, her kids were ready to get out the door and it was time for her to sit down and work on her own business.
- Had she had her morning peace-and-quiet time? No.
- Had she knocked out child-friendly housekeeping tasks? Yes.
- Had she gotten out of her emotional dumps from missing that quiet time to start off the day? Also yes.
Do you see where I’m going here? Every once in a while, your kids will get up way too early or they’ll be throwing up and you won’t be able to keep to that special, customized schedule we made for you.
But that’s not the end of the world. The *other* key skill you have to have is the emotional resilience to get back on track.
Okay, my morning didn’t go as planned – what about my afternoon? Can I hop back on the bandwagon then?
Don’t let your entire day be shot just because one 2-hour segment of it got out of whack.
And then celebrate yourself for successfully turning your upside-down-morning into a productive one anyways.
I can tell you, I definitely celebrated this client for her morning choices! That was huge for her – because it was *her* choice to have something to show for her morning, even when it didn’t go the direction she planned. That was alllll her.
And that was so big for her.
Now she knows she has the mental and emotional resilience to regroup, recover, and pick something else to do with her day.
She’s going to carry that with her for the rest of her child-rearing years.
What do *you* need to give yourself permission to turn around today?
