in my last trimester of pregnancy I did some extensive research, reading, and general questioning of and about how to care for a baby. the knowledge I gained was vast and at times very overwhelming, but always helpful.
however, there's this one piece of easy going advice that really stuck with me:
"if the day doesn't go well, you fall off schedule, or baby is not co-operating... breath and remember tomorrow is another day... you can just start over."
the source of this tidbit was referring to an eating/sleeping cycle for baby, but i've started applying it to other aspects of life.
the statement is true in terms of baby; they are a clean slate in the morning so start fresh. BUT we too are clean slates in the morning. so brush it off and start a new.
obviously, some messes we make are bigger than others and take more dusting in order to "start fresh", but it can (and at times must) be done.
i try to remind myself of this mindset every time Lyla doesn't go to bed exactly on schedule, OR i have a really bad day in general due to hormones, people, personal expectations and/or uncontrollable circumstance.
so far this little thought process is working for me ...if you need it, try it too!
Love!
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