The week I solo-parented with a 2 month old

Week 9 with Baby Yanez. Here’s what I’m learning:

This week, I solo-parented for the first time since having Shay.

Gabe’s best friend lost his dad over the past weekend, so he decided to make a quick trip to New York to be there for the funeral. It was a no-brainer trip that he had to go, but I’d be lying if I said my first reaction wasn’t “this is going to be hard.”

After taking a beat, I realized that while, yes, it would be challenging, it wouldn’t be impossible. I thought a little bit deeper about why I was worried about it being hard, and felt the overwhelm coming on.

Then I remembered something super important: It doesn’t have to look the same for it to work.

In this case, I was worried it would be hard because how could I do two people’s jobs at once? But truthfully, it didn’t all need to be done at once, it just needed to get done. Would it take me longer to get outside to the barn to workout? Yes. Would it take longer to feed the animals? You betcha. But it would still get done.

What does this have to do with you?

This is very in line with my word for 2023: FLEXIBILITY.

So often we are consumed by overwhelm or anxiety about something when really it’s an opportunity to be creative or flexible to find a solution.

I have a stellar mindset coach that always says, “The cure for anxiety is action.”

So what can you do about it?

Where in your life are you allowing yourself to be stuck in anxiety or overwhelm instead of taking imperfect action?

Where are you stopping yourself from doing something (big or small) because you are worried it won't look a certain way?