Lately I feel like I’ve just been doing things the right way….  I had to move my office last weekend and realizing that moving is always more than it seems I took three days to do it.  Afterwards, I thought, ‘wow, that was smart Jessica, you took your time and you didn’t really even know it’.  Everything got done and nothing was sacrificed.

Realization #2 of doing things right quickly followed.  Wednesday was my last night of class for Trauma and the Body.  Between Sunday and Wednesday I had to give two session, write two papers and complete a comprehensive take home final.  Again, I found myself working it in when I could and never rushing.  I was thoughtful with my assignments and never stressed.  Didn’t realize I had done this until Wednesday at 1pm when I was done with everything and off to the gym for a workout.  Job well done, again.

Granted I was a little shy on sleep but the fact that my days were not filled with hectic, rushed energy made all the difference.  Never in my life have I taken extra time for extra things.  I’ve always taken on too much and managed to get it done.  Being an overachiever at heart I always put 150% into everything but not necessarily taken extra time to manage the increase load.  So I’ve been trying to track this new found ‘doing things right’ pattern and I think I’ve figured it out.

It was Ironman.  Training for Ironman, running a business, working a 2nd job while balancing life as a wife and dog-mom taught me how to let things go.  It taught me to say ‘no’ more often and limit what I was able to take on.   I learned that if everything didn’t get done, all the secondary things, that life would go on.  I’d still be a good person and a happier one for it if the house went one more day without a vaccumm. At the same time, Ironman training was so completely all consuming that really I had no choice but to learn these new lessons.

I like this change and I hope it sticks.  I’m a type A and will continue to manage a full schedule but I don’t need to take on too much.  I don’t like that rushed, hectic feeling so I think I will continue to do things right and let the other things go.