Time enough for everything

Whooo am I in the middle of BUSY SEASON or what? It's kind of a given in this world of freelancing to expect one thing...when it rains it pours. Your completely non existent work load becomes 7 things due that week in the blink of an eye. It's a given.
The projects you have been waiting on approvals for will all get approved at once and then it will be time to run, run, run. And then more surprise things will appear you can'tsay NO to. So deep breathe and repeat my favorite mantra that Im pretty sure my favorite monk Thich Nhat Hahn said..." Time enough for everything".
Take this moment by moment and piece by piece. Yes you have a mountain to climb and it seems daunting but in this moment you need only take one step. Then the next one. Then the next. One step. You got this. You do not live in tomorrow or next week...you live in the "right now" and you need only take one step. Remember this- it has saved me many meltdowns. Breathe in and breathe out- you are in THIS moment.
So instead of thinking of the giant 7 things that need to get done I think of the first thing and the first step. Soon you'll see you are in the middle of "doing it"...halfway done...complete.
Im pep talking myself as much as you-my dear reader. 😂
Those yellow papers up above will be painted front and then back and then cut into a hundred leaves and attached to little pins and each one will get a dollop of glue. Then they will all be hammered into place on a big surface.
Then...I will do the same process but with orange leaves...then the same process with blue leaves...
But first-today my "mountain" is painting lions. Then some other design. Then doing digital work...Then...it continues you see -but one step at a time.
Let us begin. One step...

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