O: When is tomorrow? Is it right now? Or is it a long way away?

You can't make time. Days are only so long. Moments are impossible to relive, or recreate. The closest we can come to making time is being mindful about how we spend the time we have. It is so hard to stay present with the looming specter of "what needs to be done" hovering over your shoulder.

This week, I am doing a drastic audit of my "what needs to be done list" and finding, on closer inspection, that many of those needs aren't really needs at all.

This needs to be done.  Daily.  Hourly if possible. — This needs to be done. Daily. Hourly if possible.

The list is shrinking. I wish I could tell you that it was easy and I felt better, more connected, but if I'm being honest, a lot of the letting go feels unsettling. Somehow, the length of that impossible list of needs kept me anchored. It is challenging to stay present when the present is a big jumbled mess of dirty dishes, laundry, big feelings, little bodies, and boogers. Today, in fact, I failed more than I succeeded. Tomorrow, though, I get a whole twenty-four hours to try again.