Tackle A Challenge In 3 Steps

I’m sorry that I’ve been away for a few days. I try to never go for more than one day at a time without a post, but I ran into a couple of personal and family challenges this weekend and I found that Relationships were the last thing I wanted to talk about.

I felt both overwhelmed and scared. I’m someone who always needs a plan. Here are the baby steps I’m taking to get through the challenges ahead:

*I allowed myself a freak out, but I did it away from the kids. They knew that I was upset, but I had to set the tone and I did that by staying calm.

*Take care of the duty of the moment. At 8pm on a Friday night, there was no way we could fix the problem. Instead, we set it to the side, and enjoyed a movie and ice cream evening. This may sound counter-productive, but I thought a bonding break was in order.  That was the duty of the moment.

*Start making lists. I am already thinking about what we need to do in order to deal with the challenges ahead. Some changes are going to need to be made around our house and with our future, but this is do-able. I started with mental lists and now I’m writing it all out.  I keep moving forward a little bit at a time.

We are a family and we will get through anything that is thrown at us together. I like to think of myself as someone who can fix anything. Now it’s time to put that idea into action.

Image credit: Michelle Smith