Break your own personal rules of expecting too much of yourself; expecting to have the shopping list fulfilled perfectly, expecting to be able to do & be everything & beyond; expecting to work & be there for your kids & others & to keep it all together. It’s okay if you can’t do everything & fulfil everyone else’s expectations of you as the mother, the wife, the friend, the church member, etc.

Realize that if someone around you is bored, unsettled, miserable it’s NOT actually your fault or responsibility; it’s not necessarily your problem to fix. Stop being the rescuer! Life is to be enjoyed! And that means YOUR life also!

Begin expecting to thrive, not to just survive!

SUCCESS is NOT necessarily measured by achievement, or by the standards of others, our church, our family!

If necessary give yourself permission to have deliberate ‘non-productive’ days where you read a novel, knit, paint, go to the beach, garden, etc. Something that is hands-on, ‘non’productive’ ,on purpose! (Consider a season of self-imposed therapy!)