@stephmckenziecoaching: I think my kids might be better at living in the moment than I am. This morning, while I was getting them ready for school, I noticed how differently we experience the exact same morning. They’re putting on their clothes, stopping to play with a toy, chatting about something completely unrelated, and enjoying whatever catches their attention. Meanwhile, I’m mentally running through the next five things we need to do. And I caught myself thinking, why am I always in such a hurry? Of course, we have somewhere to be. And yes, without a little guidance, they’d probably still be upstairs playing when school started. 😂 But does every part of our morning need to feel like a race? I’m realizing that sometimes the urgency I feel isn’t coming from what’s actually happening. It’s coming from my thoughts about everything that still needs to happen. And those thoughts change how I show up. I can still have a plan. I can still keep us on schedule. But I can also choose to be a little more relaxed, a little more trusting, and a lot more present. This is something I’m working on, not something I’ve mastered. And maybe that’s the lesson my kids were teaching me this morning. You can have somewhere to be and still enjoy where you are. Does anyone else catch themselves rushing through moments that don’t actually need to be rushed?

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