Is that the best you can do?

I'm sure we've all been there...

When it's been a hell of a week; The dishes need to be done, the laundry has turned into a mountain, lunches need to be packed, homework helped with, dinner cooked, the list goes on & on & on.

Maybe it's my severe (almost crippling) anxiety that sends me into panick/shut down mode when my days end up like this. It seems there are never enough hours, I find myself irritable and exhausted just at the thought of completing all of the tasks that need to be done. Being a mother of 2, who has her children 95% of the time, things can get cluttered... and stressful... then cluttered again. It seems as fast as I clean the house it's already destroyed again. (Insert #datmomlife)

The good news is, I'm here to tell you that is absolutely okay to feel like a wreck sometimes.

If all you're doing is the best you can do, it will always be enough.

I don't always keep a clean house, hell, some days I turn my cheek to the disaster in my living room simply because I don't feel like dealing with it.

We have frozen chicken nugget and fries nights.

There are days my kid goes to his baby sitter in his pajamas and my 7 year old attempts to dress himself.

There's days that I simply don't have a fuck left to give, so I sit down in the chaos after my kids go to bed and drown my anxiety in a glass (or 3) of wine.

It's all okay. You don't have to be perfect to be a good person. You don't have to do it all, all the time. Slow down and live.

Take a deep breath, if it's ever your tasks or your sanity... choose your damn sanity.

Tomorrow is a new day, and as long as you're trying, you're doing a hell of a job.

Sincerely,

A mom with a messy living room with an adult beverage in her hand

XoXoXo