"Bite off more than one can chew"
Meaning: To try to do something that is too difficult If you bite off more than you can chew, you try to do more than you are able to.

I know everyone experiences those moments of anxiety when in the middle of a busy moment in life you realize you're scheduled for more than you have time to do and have obligations you just don't seem to be able to meet. I'm realizing over the last couple days that I am the kinda gal that loves to be going, going, going.... forgetting to slow 'er down sometimes. For me, it feels like I am trying so hard to be anxiously engaged in a good cause that I'm indeed "anxious"ly engaged in a good cause. I don't think that's they way Heaven intended this to go. My stress odometer is certainly readable by my ability to shake off the small "irks" in life and be kind to others... when that goes, I know I've pushed too hard and it's time to go back to the basics.

This morning, with all my visitors staying in my place, I jumped out of bed to shower and get ready for work only to realize someone else was taking a leisurely shower. My immediate thought was, "This is great, now the whole day is going to be ruined." (lame, eh? I agree) Amazingly enough though, all of us were ready to go to work/school in record time and I had time to not only make my bed but lay on it for 10 minutes of my "extra" time reading scriptures. And my day has been actually fabulous. It's 11a and I've already had three awesome sessions with my clients, including one very spiritual one with a kid that has been struggling.

It's actually OK for me to not be doing a trillon things at once. I feel like I should be able to do it, but in reality, it's not expected by anyone but me. Again it's true, "We serve to create our own chaos".

Crisis aversion. Tonight, I shake my fist at chaotic living and drink raspberry lemonade by the pool! I'm taking back my sanity.

Do your best. Do whatever you can, but don't bite off more than you can chew.