This blog post by Jessica Berger Gross speaks to a lot of what I feel often, and was particularly feeling last night as I was about to go to sleep. I have a big to do list, as I often do, and I spent the evening after getting home from work plowing through it. Christmas cards, cleaning, budgeting, wedding stuff - the usual.
As I was going to bed and making a new list of all the things I didn't get to, it occurred to me that day after day and week after week I obsess over my list and of crossing things off, but I very rarely take time to appreciate or applaud all that I actually do. I don't really give myself credit for the productivity that I work so hard to achieve. It made me think a lot about the niyama santosha, meaning contentment, that I've been hoping to spotlight this month. Celebrating the now instead of constantly anticipating with joy or trepidation the next item on the to-do list, the next party - or my wedding.
Searching for morning inspiration, I came across this lovely, concise little blog that says so much of what I want to say from another person's perspective. Given that she's a mom, it adds a whole new interesting layer to the dilemma.
I hope you enjoy - I'm off to enjoy my last day as a 27-year-old!
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