On the nights when we are up three, four or sometimes six different times it can feel as though time is moving in slow motion. Each tiny snippet of sleep feels like this little sacred moment – but as you get up more frequently, for me at least, it gets harder and harder to go back to sleep. As I was lying there last night, I remembered a favourite quote that my mum shared with me many years ago.

IF SOMEONE THROWS YOU A BALL, YOU DON’T ALWAYS HAVE TO CATCH IT

[ Sidenote: of course I’m going to get up for Agatha when she needs me but I’ll admit, after that third time, it’s really really hard ] 

It made me think of all the moments in our lives right now where we say yes but where (whether or not we realize it) we should probably be saying no. Ask yourself the question – how many balls are being thrown at me that I don’t actually have to catch?

Probably a lot. Probably more than we can catch, but for some reason, I’m finding myself juggling them all these days.

I constantly feel like I’m finding myself saying “but I want to catch it”, “I need to say yes”.

Now I’m starting to stop and ask myself, do you? Is it the best thing for you? For your them? For your family?

After 21 days of putting my body and mind first, after 21 days of saying yes to things that are good for my soul, I think I have finally realized that always catching the ball isn’t most healthy thing for me right now. I have realized that the time I have in my day right now is limited. It is given to me in these small little moments and ultimately it’s up to me to chose how to make the most of each of them.

Time has a way of replenishing or depleting us – I’d like to hope that for the most part we can start to choose which one is best for us.