A pleasant stress

Ellen says: Right now , off the top of your head , would you rather spend today dashing around town to six different places or having the entire day to yourself to rest or to read or to do something peaceful? Almost everyone would choose the day of rest, because we know that running around town will be tiring and possibly aggravating.

But running around town to do thing for or with your family, is also an expression of love and devotion to them. And while you will eventually need some time to yourself, you should recognize and value the task that are central to your family, and see then as more of the burdens and stress of everyday life. Stress is bad when it overwhelms you or when it comes from activities you do not value. A little stress from your efforts dedicated to your family, however , can be a good thing.

My work as a blogger, combined with motherhood, does not leave a lot of sparetime for me. I never take any vacation for more than a few days at a time. But working and for my family is not something I views as a burden. There's a good kind of exhausted in the world, the kind that comes from doing what we can do for other people and for our family. And I felt I've always done that.