Today is the Fourth of July and I am celebrating “freedom.”
Freedom from obligation!
I am functioning in a state of utter exhaustion, both mental and physical. I know you can empathize. I know you feel my pain.
It’s rare that I sleep the night through. And even when I get a straight seven hours I quickly become exhausted again.
I’m pulled in so many directions. My “to do” list is this long. My inbox is overflowing. My snail mail is stacked high.
I have boxes from our move last June that are still unpacked.
I can’t remember the last time I cleaned the bathrooms, let alone the rest of the house.
(Who’s idea was it to let the cleaning lady go when we moved? Oh yeah, mine.)
I work almost full-time. I am the class parent at Q’s school. I lead lunchtime book club this spring. I am on my son’s preschool board of directors.
I write this blog and another. I am moderating a social network for parents of children with diabetes. I am trying to get a business started (D-related, yay!).
When I received an e-mail recently asking me to take a position with the elementary school’s PTA. Do you know what I said?
I said no.
Without guilt, without excuses. Just a simple “thank you for thinking of me, but I cannot commit at this point.”
Liberating!
Feels good to say no now and then, doesn’t it?
Good for you!!!!! It is one of the hardest things to dao but most gratifying when do. Just don’t get too used to it 😉