Advice for the week

[HeartofCheese]

This probably would have been better on a Monday, but I was off so...

What is your advice either to yourself or to WPs or to your kids or maybe just the entire world, that you think is necessary to get through this week?

Mine: Assuming the worst about others means you assume the worst about the world and no bad news will ever surprise you. Assume the best, expect the best, and don't lose your humanity.

Also: Use a sharp knife to remove the crust. 

[mae0111]

More for myself...

Don’t worry so much. Be patient. The kids are only little once.

When the kids are struggling, they need extra help. It’s hard not to get frustrated when they still haven’t completed the task you asked them to do 10 times already, but just allow plenty of time and let them figure it out.

Keep coaching her. It’s working.

[ilovelucyvv]

Be grateful for what you have! If you get rated as average, be happy that it appears you get to keep your office in a prime location and they booted the IT guy from his office instead of you. Also all of this training you have been taking lately is a significant privilege.

[mommyatty]

Wear comfortable shoes, especially if you broke your toe two weeks ago.

Smile at people, especially when you don’t feel like it. Smiling and seeing smiles releases endorphins which can turn your mood around.

(For me) You packed your exercise clothes for this 4 day business trip. Use them! You’ll feel better and look better if you get off your ass and exercise.

[2chatter]

Be present (for SS).
Be active (me to go to the gym, kids to play outside).
Fuel your body (all of us - weird schedules this week, weird food items like roast chicken and toast as a snack, because that’s fuel).
Don’t worry, but also be helpful (for DH as he is zero sum - he’s stressed but completing tasks or he is thinking nothing and doing nothing on stressful topics).
Read. (Our schedules are all messed up so the kids did audio books at breakfast, and “reading night” will be Wednesday instead of Monday).

[xctsclrx]

You can not control other actions only how you react to them.
Not everyone is a self motivated type A personality; adjust expectations accordingly.

[rere]

DON'T LET YOUR KIDS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, per my social media training I am currently sitting through today.

[sdlaura]

Not this week specific, but my usual faves. The perfect is the enemy of the good. Accept what you can’t change, and change what you can’t accept.

[librarychica]

To my kids: try to find the bright side. Nothing good comes by holding tight to your grievances.

Me: Chill the F out. Sometimes there are disagreements at work. Only you allow them to distract you through dinner, rush off to check your email after bed and find that nothing has changed since you left work. Focus on your kids or even on your wine, leave work where it is.

[mellym]

Embrace the chaos