Evening sky

Today was one of those days when I set myself an impossible balance. One the one hand, I wanted to (felt I ought to) relax. On the other hand, I wanted to (felt I needed to) do some work on my Masters. So I avoided making a decision (and set myself up to fail) by deciding not only would I relax AND work on my masters but, just to prove how I could handle that easily, I would also bake bread, bake tomato chutney, make a lemon sponge dessert, make soup for my lunches this week (even though I made lasagna for that reason yesterday), go to the gym and do some personal admin!

Well, no wonder I felt a little anxious. But I did manage breakfast with my husband, an hour by the pool with a friend and her kids, bread, tomato chutney, 2 loads of washing, a chat with my sister and 4 hours work. And I walked half way to the gym (no motos around) before deciding I didn't have time (7pm already). Soup, gym and lemon pudding tomorrow.

But most important moment was when I went to get the washing off the roof and saw this sky, and remembered - no matter what I put on myself or do or don't do, the sun rises and falls and the world goes on. I'm just a tiny speck in something so much bigger. Perspective.