Warming Up With Wisdom

 

Today was a chilly cold day and I was not sure what to write today and then sometimes when you do not know what to write a post pops up to inspire you. 

The above picture (which is not super clear sorry) highlights those days when everything is more steps then normal comparing "good" days when making a cup of coffee involves one step: making coffee and "bad" days when making a cup of coffee is a 14 step process: Step 1 Take pot from coffee maker, Step 2. Turn on sink, 3. Fill up coffee pot, 4. Turn off sink ....

Now sometimes I have this type of day, but more often I have the cousin to the multistep day the impossible task day where anything or everything seems impossible. Where I simply can't send one email, or make one call, or do anything beyond fussing around on social media or listening to music. 

Impossible task days are hard but as someone else wrote in a different social media post a few weeks ago sometime it is worth just doing the impossible task (in that case a broken window that stayed broken for years and years and turned out to be fixable by the owner pretty cheaply, the window did not have to open just let the light in)

My recently example is a choice to step back from a volunteer leadership role that was no longer serving me well. Rustling up the courage to send the email saying I was interested in stepping back from the leadership role but still willing to participate in activities that group had (moving from planning and participating to just participating)  was hard but once I did I felt better. 

I also got a really nice note back saying in part:

Thanks for reaching out. We're happy to have you as a member in the capacity you can sustain at this time, and we so appreciate all the support you've given us from day one. Have a wonderful day!

Which made me feel better, and less worried I was letting others down.  

In the end I think if we all were more open about multistep days as well as impossible task days we are better able to show compassion towards ourselves, towards others, and know when such days hit us for a number of reasons we are not alone in our struggle.