Shutting down

So I get asked this question a lot. "How do you manage everything?"

It may be disappointing to those expecting that I have the formula all worked out in a list I post on my fridge and look at everyday, but no..there is no formula, there is no right way

It's a combination of many things that I hope this blog, in every topic I write about will enlighten you. 

It's a concoction of choices I make as I live my life everyday. Many many wrong choices but the few right ones make it all worthwhile. I guess the most important is self awareness.. being aware and acknowledging the mistakes you made and learning from it, the things that went right and being grateful for them. But this requires one to pause, think and do some reflection of our life constantly (best time is after prayers I tell ya, so you immediately ask for forgiveness too. 2 in 1!)

I must say I only became more conscious of the importance to 'shut down' after going through a life changing moment that changed my perspective about jobs and employers.. (I'll blog about that some other time). Some also refer shutting down to 'being present' wholly and not just physically. This balance, to totally enjoy after work hours and weekends has now become very important to me and I am bothered when I can't have it (though I admit I still can do better to balance between 'me' time and everything else during these leisure hours..those celebrity and personal shopper IGs are hard to ignore!) 

some of whom and what I shut down for 

I still haven't perfected 'shutting down'. Especially when, as I walk into my house, I get an email that seems to have had 200 discussion trails and 80 people in the list (ok I am exaggerating but you get the point). Those things bother me. Stop discussing it and start doing something about it already will you!! In those situations, I would still be glued to my email at home until the matter is resolved completely, ignoring the people and everything around me. Whilst I am grateful for understanding husband, children and family, I know I should not take it for granted.

Ok time stop blogging and be a good wife now.... (I know my husband reads this) 

Have a good weekend folks!