It is already over a week into the new year and let me tell you – I am still feeling a little stuck in that weird holiday fog. You know the one where you aren’t even sure what day it is? I’m still knee deep in it.
So what am I doing about it? Giving myself grace while I try to organize myself a little and get back into a rhythm.
Do you remember to give yourself grace? Do you even know what it looks like to give yourself grace? I didn’t, for a long time. In fact, I was my own worst critic. If I made a mistake, if I got a date wrong, if I was running late in some way – instead of allowing myself the space to be human, I immediately started telling myself how bad I was. I would tell myself that other people didn’t “fail” like I was.. there was clearly something wrong with me.
Thankfully, somewhere along the way I started to see that it wasn’t just me. Everyone has those days (or weeks… or months…) where it all seems to go sideways. It is simply a part of being a human being. So I learned to allow myself to just be human – to be imperfect. Now, instead of being my own worst critic, I do my best to look at my human moments fairly. If I’ve made a mistake, I own it, I make amends and I learn. If I’m struggling to get a task done, I take a little time to see if I can understand why I’m struggling, then I respond to that reason. Maybe I’m just too tired and need a rest. Maybe I need more information to do the task properly… or maybe it is something else entirely. The thing is, instead of jumping into the whole “I suck” narrative, now I’m giving myself to grace to know that I don’t suck… I’m just a human having a human moment.
Out here being human…
Cara