Lesson #1: Flexibility

This weekend I made a plan. I made a plan to make time for everything that is important to me. I prioritized. I made a schedule. And it worked!

It worked, that is, until life happened. I woke up this morning psyched and ready to implement my new disciplined life. Then I realized that it was an unusual day because starting today, Monday’s I take Halle to lapsits at the Princeton Library. Then I got an email from a friend reminding me that we had invited them to dinner tonight. And suddenly four of my eight planned work hours were trashed for work.

The day kicked my ass. This, however, is primarily due to my not planning flexibility into my schedule. If there is one have learned as an entrepreneur… And if there is one thing I have learned as a mother… Things DO NOT go according to any plan.

This is not necessarily a bad thing. And it does not mean one should not plan. But it does mean that you cannot get bogged down in the plan – and that is what I did. I felt stress because I felt I was failing this idea I had of how my day should go. What was meant to take away my stress actually amplified it.

The lesson I take away from today is that tomorrow, I will go wholeheartedly after my plan for how my day should look. But I will trust in the curve balls the universe throws, remembering this time that they are there to show me a beauty and depth to life that I might never discover on my own. I will embrace the unforeseen and accept the outcome, whatever that may be.