I Just Pretend I'm Superwoman

I had planned for turbo-productivity today. I'm talking running errands, doing school things, cleaning the apartment, walking my dog, working out, finding time to relax, and solving world hunger...simultaneously. Superwoman-style. [I've actually never really been into superheroes, and I don't really know much about them, but I just assume doing all of those things at once must be somewhere in the list of her super-capabilities.]

It's now 11 pm. Of the things on my To Do list for today, over half remain. 

I slept in later than I planned.

I lingered over my coffee a little too long. 

I played with my dog instead of eating lunch when I meant to.

So I ate lunch late before heading out to do errands.

The bank was closed. 

So was the post office. 

"Since when is January 2nd a national holiday?" I grumbled in my head. 

I drove to school to pick up a few things and realized I didn't have my school keys. 

I headed home in a frenzy of stress, irritation, and pretty overwhelmed. 

But then it happened again: just when I was wondering if I should start panicking now or later, a series of wonderful things started happening. 

My phone rang with a call from a friend I haven't talked to in way too long. 

I accepted that it wasn't the end of the world that I didn't get to school today. 

I embraced the fact that I don't have to be Superwoman and get it all done. 

I cleaned half of the apartment from top to bottom. 

I managed to hang a shelf by myself for the first time --straight, even.

I joined two friends for a drink and some great conversation. 

Now I'm still thinking about the things that need to get done, but I'm so happy this evening brought some necessary reminders that there's more important things in life than getting the To Do list complete every day. 

Let's face it: none of us are Superman or Superwoman. And you know what? It's okay to pretend like we are sometimes, but we have to leave it at that. The second we start trying to believe we are is when life starts getting crazy. 

~"Time is what we want most, but...what we use worst." [-William Penn]~