The bills. The homework. The dishes. The meals. The laundry.

Did I leave the clothes in the washing machine? Did I remember to wash that special sippy cup? (God forbid the kids just drink from ANY cup, right?) Did I order the dance shoes? Did I remember to order the ketchup on my grocery delivery? It can be overwhelming.

I learned a long time ago that going down a list and attacking one thing at a time was more productive than worrying about doing everything all at once. Sometimes it doesn’t seem that way in the moment, but in the long term it will make a more positive impact.

There are way too many things on the list of motherhood, wife-hood, even life that if I looked at the big long to-do list as one big blob than the stress and magnitude of it all would be too much.

One thing at a time. One task at a time. One breathe at a time.