it is safe to say there has been A LOT going on in the world lately and if you read my last post you would know that i have been rather stressed about it. then to top it all off my period came, which if you are a lady you know how much it can shift things. these past few days have been tough and emotional and honestly i’m burnt out. my body desires rest and for once in my life (well probably not once, but one of the very few times) i am actually going to listen to my body over the things i feel i “need” to be doing. i love my blog and I love my job (both of which i could and probably should be working on) but in order for them both to be their best i need to be at my best and sometimes that means going to sleep earlier. so that is what i am going to do and if you too are feeling burnt out remember that you are in control of your life. that means you get to choose how busy you are or aren’t.

the book i am reading, present over perfect, talks about a church that keeps expanding. while the growth of the church is good in some aspects, the church begins to lose its intimacy, and maybe even some of its purpose because the more people that attend the harder it is to really give to those who have been attending; to really get to know them. after awhile the growth becomes overwhelming. the reason though the church keeps growing is because they keep adding chairs, and if we compare that to our lives the chairs could be though of as all the things we say yes to. often its easy too say say to more than we can handle. more is not always better. more can be overwhelming and exhausting. we are in charge of the chairs though, we can add more or take more some away - same goes for the tasks in our lives. which of your chairs are important? which ones can you save for later? are there any that you really don’t need or want? evaluate and adjust accordingly. it is okay to not get everything done that you planned. just as to is okay to not always be okay.

i am such a sleepy gal and right now i am going to get ready for bed and try to catch some z’s okay? okay.