How do you eat an elephant?

This was what my friend Dali Ata asked me, during her visit last weekend. The answer was, "One bite at a time". Or "one toe at a time". Whatever the actual saying is. Either way, the point is that you chip away slowly at the big, impossible thing until it stops feeling so impossible.

That’s kind of where I’m at right now.

Overwhelmed. Tired. A little bit lost in the middle of the chaos. The to-do list has become a wall. The deadlines are breathing down my neck. The decisions I need to make are all waiting impatiently, waving their arms like toddlers who skipped nap time. And life threw in something extra: my son had surgery recently, so I’ve been working from home to care for him.

The days have been long, the nights even longer, but slowly, I am starting to find a rhythm. Not a perfect one, just enough to get going again. I’ve been knocking things off my list one by one. There’s a light at the end of the tunnel. I’m not there yet, but I can see it.

And honestly, what’s been helping most is reminding myself:

1) I don’t have to fix everything today.

2) It’s okay to ask for flexibility.

3) I have a great, reliable team. 

4) Setting up a home office was a brilliant idea. All I did was occupy one of my children's desks and hooked up my laptop to a monitor, keyboard, and mouse, and it's already doing wonders for my productivity. I am writing this article lol. 

This isn’t a polished post. It’s just a small pause to say, I’m in it. And maybe you are too. If you are, hang in there. Bite by bite, we’ll get there.

What’s your elephant right now?

The image is to convey where I am mentally right now - haha