April has humbled me. Big time. If you’ve been here a while (or at least since I restarted blogging last summer), I’m sure you’ve noticed a trend of me taking on too much. I acknowledge it, yet I haven’t done much to alleviate it. Well, sickness (or whatever it was), helped me with that this month.
I’ve been saying for months now that I’m taking on too much. And that too much quite possibly pushed me to getting sick or kicking up a major allergic reaction of some sort earlier this month. It forced me to sit the heck down, and rest! Okay, okay— I hear you universe!
I had big plans for April and you’ll see the specifics next week, but I didn’t get many of my goals checked off (at least not as of today, but there’s still a couple days left in the month). And that’s okay. I’ve taken a good look at everything I wanted to get done this year and scaled back. A lot. I’ve cut my project punch list, pushed back my spring cleaning schedule and my makeover deadlines, reworked my editorial calendar, etc. And I feel okay with all of that.
All that said, I’m not giving up entirely. I’m regrouping! I do this often at my full time job when I start to get overwhelmed with my to do list, and all the new incoming inputs that are bombarding me. First, I panic! Then I pause, breathe, and take a look at everything in front of me; then I decide what is crucial to do in the immediate timeframe.
In terms of my goals and projects, that timeframe is the current week, month, and for this regrouping the whole year. I’m letting go of some things, and reprioritizing what I really want or need to accomplish.
How do you regroup?
