Ok. I'm officially ready to get back on the volleyball court.

Three weeks ago, I wrote a post here about how long this break has been. Well, I'm ready for it to be over. In case anyone cares.

I shared in the previous post the ways God has been changing me and teaching me some valuable lessons. Here are some reasons this break has been good from a mental perspective.

1. I'm not in charge of anyone or anything outside of my kids. I spend a lot of time, in general, thinking about the things I need to do for whatever team I am focused on at the time. Since the club season was on hold, I didn't really have anything to do for them. And while I'm working on the fall schedule and passing along basic information (like "we can't start practice yet"), I'm not actually responsible for giving instruction or direction to anyone. That has been a really nice mental break. But wait...I can't control anyone anyway...

2. It's ok if I don't stay organized, there is always tomorrow. Now, this may sound really strange to say it this way. And it may make me sound like a big procrastinator. (And I can be that for sure!) But, it seems that when I have been busier and have more things going on, I feel MORE frustrated when things don't get done. When I walk around the house and feel like I need all my ducks in a row RIGHT NOW, I get really frustrated. Now, with less going on and less anxiety, I just don't sweat it as much. I think most of the time I know that I don't have time tomorrow, or the next day, or the next day to handle whatever small task I see. Then I get frustrated. But now, I don't have anything to do! (And I will add that on March 16th when the world starting turning upside down, I cleaned. Maybe because that was one thing I could control.)

3. There is no sense in thinking about the future because it will probably change anyway. It will be will be very interesting when life begins to have more activities again how easy it is for my mind to return to the old way of thinking. Meaning not handling changes in my schedule very easily. I want to hold on to plans loosely. I want to trust that God is in control of the daily things as He has been teaching me.

Psalm 62:5 "My soul, wait silently for God alone, For my expectation is from Him"

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