This certainly is a strange time. On one hand it is springtime. The weather is beautiful, gardens are coming alive, and the sounds of birds are plentiful. On the other hand, we are still right in the middle of this whole Covid-19 saga. One hand offers abundant life, joy and sunshine while the other is still throwing stress, fear and uncertainty into the mix. With such two conflicting influences on us, it is important that we be mindful of what habits we consciously or inadvertently are developing.

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Are you feeling it? With everything going on in the world, most of us have hit a point where we have felt it. Sadness, anger, fear. Going headfirst into the unknown and everything feels out of control. We have been there right along with you. The accumulation of the last few weeks has caught up with us and we have felt it too. In one episode on her new podcast, Brene Brown talked about the 80/20 percent rule that she and her husband practice. When one person in the relationship is at 20% capacity they see if the other person can pick up the other 80%. If the combination of the two doesn’t equal 100%, they try to see where they can make changes in their week or month to make up for what they are lacking in energy.

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