My bet is you feel overwhelmed sometimes too. My guess is you feel like there is more work than your two hands could ever complete, more questions than your mouth could ever answer, more worry than your head could ever filter, and more pressure than your heart could ever hold, and you’re right.
You can’t do it all. You’re a human person and your abilities and time are both extremely limited.
So dry your eyes, rearrange your to-do list, put the most important things at the top, and know there’s enough grace to cover the stuff at the bottom.
You’re super. You’re a super mom, but you aren’t a superhuman, so stop putting superhuman expectations on yourself.
Amy’s words hit me so deeply because that is what I do. Every. Day. I put “superhuman” expectations on myself and I beat myself up if I don’t meet them. I make a to-do list a mile long with both work and domestic duties and I either wear myself out completing it or I fall short of the super mom mark and leave things off the list.
But today, because it’s really, REALLY time to stop torturing myself with these impossible standards, I’m going to re-arrange the to-do list, put what matters at the top, and save the rest until tomorrow. Or at LEAST until I have my husband home to help me with the family matters!
Do you struggle with separating being a super mom from being a super human? I feel like after all of these years I’d be easier on myself…but it appears I’ve still got a lot of learning to do.
