Image via Proverbs 31 Ministries

There are several things that I have been able to understand and overcome with my move to Miami, but there’s still one thing that lingers around my head constantly. Not being able to do everything or have everything all at the same time is something I struggle with. I constantly ask myself why it is that I can’t do everything or have everything all at the same time. Then last week I saw the image above appear in my Facebook feed and instantly knew God was talking to me loud and clear. That’s when I realized it isn’t possible, and the faster I actually comprehend that, the faster it will be for me to not get frustrated. Even though I know that it’s not possible, I need to completely understand that in my mind so I can either delegate them to someone else who can help me or leave it for later. A simple example of this was a few days ago when all of a sudden I got several ideas for blog posts and jumped on my computer to start jotting them down before I forgot about them. I suddenly realized I had over 8 tabs open with different posts I had started but hadn’t finished. I also had two tabs open to check my email accounts, and other tabs regarding articles I was reading. I finally stopped what I was doing and realized I wasn’t going to get anything done if I just kept toggling back and forth from one tab to another. At one point I even forgot what I was doing in any of the tabs. I closed them all but one and worked on that one and finished it. After that, I continued with the other ones. Just like it happened with my tabs, I need to realize that in life we can’t have it all or do it all all at the same time. It’s simply not possible. Yes, we can multitask but there’s a difference between multitasking and wanting to do it all at the same time. It frustrates me that I can’t do everything I want to do or have all at the same time but now that I’ve realized it’s not possible, I need to just let it go and do what I can. Everything will eventually get done or will eventually happen.

becky (2)