Lean on each other

I’ve recently said yes to a lot of new.  About 4 months ago, I was feeling a bit blue and realized that I needed to break the isolation and bring some new challenges into my life.  I went ahead and said ‘YES’ to a lot, and it is stretching me in all the ways I hoped (sort of). 

And it’s created some shifts in the day to day at home, which as much as I was looking for, it’s been an adjustment.

I tend to be the one in my marriage that holds things down at home.  My husband and kids pitch in and help a lot, but I think it’s fair to say I’m the coordinator of all the chaos.  As my schedule changes, so does the rest of the households.  It started with me realizing I couldn’t keep doing all the things AND all the new things, so everyone is needing to adjust.

So, I did something I find quite difficult…I had to speak up and ask for help.  I had to lean on my husband to take over the things that are usually on my list so that I could put the extra energy into my new adventures.

And the coolest thing that has come out of this last month of waving my white flag, is realizing how much better it feels when you can lean on each other.  When you’re in a relationship, you’re not meant to do it all on your own.  Your partnership is meant to be designed in such a way that you can say ‘help’ and it gets heard and responded to.  It’s intended to catch you before you fall over.

If you’re struggling to lean on each other.  Or feel like you keep asking for help with no response, please reach out to someone.  Work to re-engineer your relationship to be one where you can lean on each other and into the good that comes from feeling supported in love.

You got this.

-A

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