20/09/2025
Yesterday as I stood back from the batch of cookies I had just made at 7am feeling super proud with myself I was reminded of a time when just making breakfast felt too much !!!!
I remember talking with a friend about how overwhelmed I felt in the mornings… trying to think of everything the kids needed for school that day, getting them fed, uniforms ready, helping them get ready, making lunches and also needing time for a quick shower myself.
I was almost dreading the start of the day which was not the best feeling. That said friend who I have known since primary… sat with me and worked out a bit of a plan.. a routine to help it all run smoothly a better way to manage my time and it worked… over those next weeks and months everything started to become a little easier and I questioned why I had not been able to figure this out myself….
One simple answer to this is I was overwhelmed … literally could not see the wood for the trees. My brain had become tunnelled visioned only to the problem and could see no solution until my friend helped me chunk it down bit by bit so if felt more manageable.
Our brains will often send us into a bit of a spiral of negativity, self doubt and fear but often all it takes is a pause between the beat… to allow the mist to lift… to talk with a friend… to give your self time and most of all to believe that you can navigate it no matter how tough.
And the thing that really resonated with me today was that nothing ever stays the same forever… if I was told then that in a few years I would be making cookies for lunches at 7am I would have thought you were outright bonkers and give you a side eye of disbelief!!!
Please don’t think I am here being smug about this… I just wanted you to know that you will get through the tough times in what ever way you can at the time with the resources you have and then one day they will only be a memory and life will have changed.
Always believe you can … and you will ###
Much love
Vix