In the 'zone'

I know - it certainly sounds like I have written too many exams or ran too many competitive athletic races - both of which are true. But this is my tried and tested way to stay content in a time where everything seems to have a to-progress-list, and hang on before you click your tongue at this - you want to improve your nutrition-style, you have to complete that house project, your son needs soccer class and your husband needs more sleep. But you still have to live through the weeks and months it will take to achieve all these goals. I used to spend these biting my nails and sighing at the slow passage of time. 

Now, I resolve to get in the zone - and that means, living in a way that reminds me of all the ways in which we have achieved progress so-far. It might mean my son goes potty fewer times in a day, haha! Or that my husband has officially drugged himself with a cough syrup to sleep all night - but in all those small mercies I bask, I live and celebrate! I sit around and do-nothing (bow to meena for that irrreplacable piece of wisdom), and slowly feel the sure warmth creep all over me. Aaaahhhh... bring it on - you soul-less worries and gnawing thoughts - you can raise hell but I ain't budging my pretty li'l a** from this zone. 

Amen.