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Sometimes it takes a little chaos

“When you arrive at the store and can’t remember why, and you forgot the vet appointment, and almost missed the dentist even though they called you yesterday, and the bills are late, and your kids need homework help, and you are behind at work, and haven’t exercised in weeks, and you’ve been eating fast food while vegetables wilt in your fridge, and your garden is turning into compost, and the one time you try to cook you leave the granola in the toaster oven, setting the thing on fire, and you double book yourself again, and laundry forms mountains around your home, and you begin to look sideways at your beloved because you haven’t had fun together in ages, and then just as you start to wonder about signs of dementia, you find yourself placing a metal spoon in the microwave and turning it on…
just breathe.”

Angela Herrera, Reaching For The Sun​

Sound familiar?

This is what many people have been telling me their lives feel like lately. I heard this quote at an event last Sunday and watched heads nod all around me as it was read. It stayed with me because it feels so true right now.

Chaotic projects

If you work on busy projects, it probably hits even closer to home. Deadlines stack up. Meetings blur together. Priorities shift without warning, and people tell you everything is urgent at the same time. You’re juggling tasks, people are waiting on you, and it can feel like if you stop for even a second, everything will fall apart.

It’s a lot.

I remember once when I was a little kid, we played a rambunctious game of hide and seek. Everyone would shout while hiding, trying to distract the person who was counting. I found what felt like the best hiding spot ever and tucked myself in, completely hidden. It was a windy day, but somehow my spot was calm and sheltered.

I stayed there while the noise carried on around me. People were being found, with lots of voices and the wind still howling overhead. I kept expecting to be discovered at any moment.

Then, after a while, everything went quiet.

I was still sitting there, taking deep breaths, wondering if something had happened. Even the wind was starting to die down.

That’s when I realized the game was over. Everyone had been called inside because a thunderstorm was about to start, and I had completely missed it.

This kind of quiet shows up in your life too. It’s in the small pause between meetings, or the moment before you reply to one more email, or when you finally step away from your screen. It doesn’t demand your attention. It just waits.

So maybe, in the middle of all the chaos, the most important thing we can do is the simplest one.

Let’s all just breathe.

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